
Mother and Child
Edgar BrittonWW-1935-086627
1935·Lithograph on off-white paper·Image: 32.7 × 22.7 cm (12 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 29 cm (15 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1935
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.7 × 22.7 cm (12 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 29 cm (15 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Edgar Britton
Artist

Edgar Britton
Painting
Edgar Britton (1901-1982) was an American painter, muralist and sculptor born in Kearney, Nebraska. He studied with Grant Wood at the University of Iowa, and he moved to Chicago where he studied and worked with Edgar Miller. There he began painting murals, many as WPA projects.
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The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office)
1938
WW-1938-580058
Eve
1933 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
WW-1933-063988
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Edgar Britton
- Year
- 1935
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.7 × 22.7 cm (12 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 29 cm (15 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1935-086627
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified


