WARRINGTON COLESCOTT Drypoint MUSIC MEDICINE Soft-Ground Etching PENCIL SIGNED

Description: Artist: WARRINGTON COLESCOTT (American, b. 1921)Title: "The Great Society: Music, Medine and Sport, State I" 1966Medium: Original Hand-Pulled Color Drypoint, Soft-ground Etching with roulette and found letterpress photo plate on buff thick, slightly textured Arches wove paperSignature: Hand-Signed in Pencil, and dated "1966" by the Artist, LREdition: Limited Edition of only 50 impressions; this one numbered "38/50" in Pencil, LLSize: 17 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches; 60.5 x 65.4 cm (plate); 30 1/8 x 23 15/16 inches; 72.7 x 96.5 cm (sheet)Printer: The Artist with the assistance of Frances MyersReference: "The Prints of Warrington Colescott: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1948-2008" by Mary Weaver Chapin and Daniel T. Keegan (2010), catalogue no. 106, page 131. Also Elvehjem cat. no. 112.Notes: Colescott set his satiric sights on Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" political platform in a series of prints from 1966 to 1970, lampooning everything from sports to science. Along the way, Colescott counted controversy and drew some sharp criticism from his final print on the subject. On this series, see "Research Printmaker and Mad-Dog Attack Artist," pages 34-36.Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine ArtAbout the Artist: Warrington Colescott was an important figure, as teacher and artist, in the post World War II flowering of printmaking at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He was one of the innovators in advancing technique and imagery in print culture that made Madison one of this country’s creative hotspots. His etchings continue to be recognized internationally for the satiric bite of his narrative subject matter which often comments on the state of the world as seen through his eyes. Narration is at the core of his art. The source of its journalistic aspect goes back to a childhood fascination with comic strips and to his college student involvement in political and sports cartoons. He taught printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1949 to 1986; he is the Leo Steppat Chair Professor of Art Emeritus, a Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy and an Academician of the National Academy of Design. His prints are held in most major public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The Milwaukee Art Museum honored Colescott with a retrospective exhibition of his prints and paintings in 2005. Colescott’s work is in museum collections across the United States and Europe, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, New York Public Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Columbus Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, among others. In his home state of Wisconsin, numerous institutions hold his work; these include the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, the Racine Art Museum, and the Milwaukee Art Museum, which has the largest collection of his work in the world, numbering more than 250 prints, drawings, and paintings.

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