Censorship
Artist
Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton
(American, 1909 - 1993)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date1989
MediumLithograph with hand coloring on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 30 × 22 3/8 inches (76.2 × 56.85 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund
Object number2024.9.77
Edition/State/ProofPP 1/2
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 214
Collections
DescriptionAn old woman with white hair three-quarter turns to face the viewer. The proper left lens of her eyeglasses is solid grey. She glares through the proper right lens. Two pieces of black tape cover her mouth and her hands are bound behind her with black tape. She wears a short-sleeved dress covered, above the waist, with large buttons with sayings (“You gotta have art”) crossed out. Behind her on the upper left, the drawing of a billboard showing one man hanging two others, with the images crossed out. In the lower left CENSORED is stamped in capital letters. To her proper right, a column of numbers. In the lower right corner, writing and the TLLW stamp.Exhibition HistoryThe Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. December 21, 2024 - June 22, 2025.
Purchased from The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (Michael Sims, Master Printer) by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.3
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