Lincoln at Ford's Theater

1973

Warrington Colescott

Artist, American, 1921 - 2018

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching, drypoint, and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1987.47.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chapin 2010, no. 186

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Artwork history & notes

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

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

Hand Made S

Wikidata ID

Q74877136

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