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Barleigh (Barbara Leighton)

Lot 2: Barleigh (Barbara Leighton), Moraine Lake, woodblock

Est: $400 CAD - $600 CADSold:
4th Meridian Fine ArtPenticton, BC, CANovember 24, 2024

Item Overview

Description

Wood Block Print, Signed, titled and numbered 1/100

Dimensions

Unframed 14 1/4" x 16 3/4"

Artist or Maker

Barleigh (Barbara Leighton)

Medium

Wood block Print

Date

No date

Notes

Barbara Mary Harvey was born in Plymouth, England, in 1909. After her family moved to Alberta, she attended the Provincial Institute of Design and Technology in Calgary in 1930, where she met Alfred (A. C.) Leighton, her instructor and school’s director. They were married in the early morning of Sunday, May 31, 1931 and their honeymoon was spent packing into the Kananaskis area to paint. After their marriage, Barbara Leighton continued to create woodblock prints and manage her husband’s career as well. She was elected to the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1941, and belonged to the Alberta Society of Artists. In 1941 the Leightons bought a farm in Chilliwack, BC and then built a house in Crescent Beach, near Vancouver. Barbara exhibited a colour woodblock print with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their annual exhibition in 1942. A.C. Leighton felt the West Coast was too temperate for a landscape painter, so they moved back to Alberta, buying a house in Calgary. In 1960, A. C. Leighton’s health began to deteriorate rapidly. They made a trip back to England for medical inquiries about his stomach ailment, but A. C. Leighton died in 1965 after his long illness. Not wanting to sit around and feel sorry for herself, Barbara Leighton enrolled at Alberta College of Art and Design. In her mid-fifties, she received a diploma in fiber and metal crafts, and for two years won scholarships in Visual Arts. For extra income after her husband's death, Barbara composed linocuts and woodcuts entirely from works by her husband, tracing his work and then making a number of woodblocks for colours. She usually produced editions of 100, and she produced a very limited amount of images, twenty-one in all. She signed her work “Barleigh”, a combination of her maiden and married surnames, She labelled each print “Block print from the original painting by A.C. Leighton, cut and printed by Barleigh.” In 1970, Barbara turned her home in the Calgary Foothills into a gallery featuring the work of her husband and his contemporaries and a craft centre for artists and a teaching facility for children. The complex grew over the years and is now known as the Leighton Art Centre which is operated by a foundation established by Barbara in 1974. In 1984, Barbara received the Alberta Achievement Award for her contribution to Alberta's arts. Barbara Leighton died in 1986.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Visa, Wire Transfer

Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Etransfer or Debit preferred; MasterCard, Visa. Emailed invoices always include a direct payment link option.

Packing & Shipping: 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. is pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. We charge a flat $20 handling and materials fee. All packing and shipping is done in house by us. We ship primarily with Canada Post and all shipping costs are the responsibility of the winning bidder. 

If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive emailed invoice with your shipping and handling. Packing takes place within 5 days of full payment. Emailed invoices will be sent promptly, payment is due immediately upon receipt, and shipping will take place within 24 hours of payment.

Auction Details

November Fine Arts & Collectibles Auction

by
4th Meridian Fine Art
November 24, 2024, 06:00 PM PST

104-1475 Fairview Rd, Penticton, BC, V2A 7W5, CA

Terms

Buyer's Premium

19.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$99$5
$100$499$10
$500+$25

Extended Bidding

5 minutes/bid

Terms and Conditions

1. The total purchase price of each lot shall include the successful hammer price of the lot together with a buyer's premium of 19% on top of the hammer price.

2. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5% and 7% Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be charged on the hammer price and buyer's premium for B.C. residents. Goods shipped out of province are taxed at the local rate for the recipient.

3. Although 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. takes great care and diligence in cataloguing of lots offered for auction, all property is sold "as is" and neither we nor our consignors or agents make any warranties or representations as to the correctness of the catalogue entry or other descriptions contained therein, of the physical conditions, size, authenticity, or quality. Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine the condition, size, and whether the purchaser acquires any reproduction rights in the property.

4. Notwithstanding the preceding condition, if the purchaser can provide, within 14 days of the sale of any lot, written opinion from at least two recognized and acknowledged experts or authorities that the said lot was incorrectly described, and if the purchaser returns the said lot within 14 days after such notice in the same condition as sold, we, as agent for the consignor, will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price.

5. 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. reserves the right to withdraw any property, catalogued or otherwise, up to and including the moment of sale.

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7. With the close of the auction time limit, title to the lot being offered will pass to the highest bidder number, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The successful bidder thereupon will pay the full purchase price plus buyer's premium (19%) plus GST plus PST (if applicable) and assume full risk and responsibility for the said lot. At no time will 4th Meridian Auctions Inc., nor its employees or agents, be liable for any loss or damage of any kind whether caused by negligence or otherwise. All property must be removed by the purchaser at his or her expense no later than five business days following its sale unless arrangements are made directly with 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. representatives.

8. Payment in full must be made within 48 hours of the sale. Credit cards will be charged after approval of final amount, or sale can be finalized by Visa, or Mastercard, unless other arrangements have been made with 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. prior to the sale.

9. All currency figures are in Canadian dollars.

Payment and Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Etransfer or Debit preferred; MasterCard, Visa. Emailed invoices always include a direct payment link option.

Packing & Shipping: 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. is pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. We charge a flat $20 handling and materials fee. All packing and shipping is done in house by us. We ship primarily with Canada Post and all shipping costs are the responsibility of the winning bidder. 

If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive emailed invoice with your shipping and handling. Packing takes place within 5 days of full payment. Emailed invoices will be sent promptly, payment is due immediately upon receipt, and shipping will take place within 24 hours of payment.

Payment and Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Etransfer or Debit preferred; MasterCard, Visa. Emailed invoices always include a direct payment link option.

Packing & Shipping: 4th Meridian Auctions Inc. is pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. We charge a flat $20 handling and materials fee. All packing and shipping is done in house by us. We ship primarily with Canada Post and all shipping costs are the responsibility of the winning bidder. 

If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive emailed invoice with your shipping and handling. Packing takes place within 5 days of full payment. Emailed invoices will be sent promptly, payment is due immediately upon receipt, and shipping will take place within 24 hours of payment.