Aged To Perfection

Name/Title

Aged To Perfection

Entry/Object ID

2004-26-293

Type of Drawing

Colored Pencil

Made/Created

Artist

Layton, Elizabeth

Date made

1990

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

22 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Notes

22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)

Interpretative Labels

Label

2024 post: Throughout 2024, we're looking back at the 100 year history of art at the Mulvane. This 1990 drawing is by Kansas artist Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton. At 69, she took an art class at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. Over the next 15 years, she created hundreds of works that candidly explored personal subjects like her relationships, health struggles, hopes, and fears. "Aged to Perfection," a depiction of Layton and her husband Glenn, expresses her positive outlook on the process of becoming older.