Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous To Your Health
Artist
Elizabeth Layton(American, 1909–1993)American, 1909–1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous To Your Health
DateFebruary 6, 1978
MediumGraphite, colored pencil, crayon, metallic paint, gouache and cut-and-pasted offset lithograph on paper board
DimensionsSheet: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Don Lambert and the Lawrence Arts Center
Object number2019.410
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Artists' Reflections of Self and Other Artists" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 9, 2024-Sept. 2, 2024 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Published References Lambert, Don and Lynn Bretz. Through the Looking Glass: Drawings by Elizabeth Layton. Kansas City: Mid-America Arts Alliance, 1984), 29. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 30
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right corner: Grandma Layton / Feb 6, 1978 [cursive]
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