Lincoln at Ford's Theater, 1973

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Medium

color softground etching, drypoint, and aquatint on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 60 x 41.1 cm (23 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.)

sheet: 79.4 x 56.5 cm (31 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Chapin 2010, no. 186

Accession Number

1987.47.4

Artists / Makers

Warrington Colescott (artist) American, 1921 - 2018

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: 25/50; lower center in graphite: Lincoln at Ford's Theater; lower right in graphite: Warrington Colescott 1973; lower center verso in graphite: 1107 125

Provenance

(Lorenz Gallery, Bethesda, MD); [1] Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 7, 1975; gift to NGA.

[1] The Kainens purchased an identified drawing and two unidentifed etchings by the artist in 1975. They only ever donated the drawing and two prints, so it is likely that the above was purchased at the time of the drawing (1987.47.3). However, the donor file reveals that the Kainens purchased unidentified works by Colescott in 1974 from Van Straaten Gallery in Chicago, in addition to the if.a. Galleries in 1976.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Lorenz Gallery

Bibliography

2010: Chapin, Mary Weaver. The Prints of Warrington Colescott: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-2008. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010, p. 188, no. 186.