Mount Assiniboine

 

Barbara Harvey Leighton (Barleigh)

  1911 - 1986 (biography)

c. 1965  

color blockprint 

10 1/4 x 14 7/8" image 

pencil, lower right 

43/100 second edition 

titled and editioned in pencil 

 

Japanese hosho 

published 

artist 

24983 

$750.00 

A stunning adaptation of the painting by her husband A.C. Leighton's painting, this being one of two different colorways created by Barbara "Barleigh" Harvey Leighton in the ukiyo-e print style. Rose and gold morning light illuminates a wintery landscape, adding warmth to the scene. There is an image of "Mount Assiniboine" and a biography of Barleigh in "Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints 1919-1945"; 1984; Ainslie/Glenbow Museum; ISBN 0919224407. Mount Assiniboine is located in the Mount Assiniboine National Park in British Columbia, Canada. The pyramidal peak is a noted feature among a landscape of glaciers, lakes, and alpine meadows. Known as the "Matterhorn of the Rockies," it was named for the Iyarhe Nakoda people who early French traders dubbed the assiniboine as a phonetic adaptation of the phrase "asinii-bwaan" - or "stone-boilers." The peak is celebrated for its unique silhouette and has long been a source of inspiration for artists.