Artist: Laylah Ali
Title: Portrait w/self-portrait details
One-color stone transfer lithograph
16.25 in. X 12.25 in.
White Somerset satin paper
Edition of 15
Signed on recto in graphite
2025
Laylah Ali "Portrait" Lithograph
These are transfer lithographs, a historical process in lithography that allows unique advantages for collaboration. We prepared a special paper that Laylah could work on at her studio and mail back to us when the drawings were completed. They are then transferred using a careful process onto a traditional lithography stone, processed, and printed. This allows an artist to work on drawings anywhere, using familiar materials with ease, and create new mark making opportunities such as “rubbing” (seen in the figures shirt) that are not available on traditional stone lithographs.
This is an ongoing project between Obee Editions and Laylah, and we have several other images in the works.