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American Gothic by Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton — VisualArtsDB

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American Gothic

American Gothic

American Gothic

Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton

1978

Medium: Colored wax crayon and pencils, with graphite, metallic paint markers, and brush and white gouache, on ivory card
Dimensions: 71 × 56.2 cm (28 × 22 3/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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