Clare Leighton "Ship Building" Signed and Numbered Vintage Wood Engraving antique lidded crock the hardcover book features Illustrations

the hardcover book features Illustrations taken from artwork of Japanese painter Sesshu (1420-1506) and comes in a matching slipcase--really lovely packaging in perfect harmony with the content of the book itself

it's a classic

though I do not know its maker

This little sailor--constructed of two real walnuts for head and body

Clare Leighton "Ship Building" Signed and Numbered Vintage Wood Engraving antique lidded crock the hardcover book features IllustrationsThis is a striking signed and numbered wood engraving printed in black ink on cream paper by renowned printmaker Clare Leighton (1899 1989). Titled "Ship Building," I know it was created in 1948 as it features in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Indeed, the Art Institute owns Leighton's full series of twelve "New England Industries" prints, of which this is one; others which perfectly exemplify Leighton's lifelong interest in the