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The Joy of Collecting: The Strishock Print Collection

Norton, Elizabeth Sawyer

Elizabeth Sawyer Norton (1887-1985) was born in Chicago and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, followed with work at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League. She eventually settled in Palo Alto, California in 1919. Norton was not only a skilled printmaker, but a sculptor and painter, as well. Some of her professional memberships included the California Society of Etchers, the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, and the American Federation of Arts.  

Resources Cited:
Ask Art
http://www.askart.com/askart/n/elizabeth_norton/elizabeth_norton.aspx

Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, 1985

Image

On Guard

Color woodcut. "On Guard" numberd 18/100. signed by artist, "to Mr. Alfred Fowler" and dated 1934. Shows two tigers, one lying down, one standing. Orange and black.

Reference: Who’s Who in American Art - 1940

Represented: Library of Congress - Smithsonian Institution - Metropolitan Museum, N. Y. - Yale University