Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton

(Kansas, 1909-1993)

Cinderella, 1986

Color lithograph on paper

22" x 30"

Pencil-signed, dated, and numbered (Artist's Proof #3/7), Lawrence Lithography Workshop blind stamp to the bottom right corner. Imagery referencing the fairy tale Cinderella and the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Housed in a glazed frame measuring 33 1/4" x 41 1/4".

At age 68, Elizabeth Layton took a drawing class at Ottawa University. What followed was a belated career as a noted outsider artist with empathetic and idiosyncratic imagery, her activist-minded artwork shining a light on the marginalized. The Washington Post once dubbed her "Grandma Moses on Tabasco sauce." In 1992, the Smithsonian American Art Museum held a one-woman show entitled Elizabeth Layton: Drawing on Life. Currently, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an exhibition called Elizabeth Layton: Drawing As Discourse. Layton's artwork can be found in permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Very good condition.