A Moonlight Swim

1952

Warrington Colescott

Associated Names
Warrington Colescott

Artist, American, 1921 - 2018

The image displays a composition of curving lines and fragmented shapes that overlap and intersect throughout. The abstract arrangement features colors such as green, orange, pink, and yellow. The shapes resemble figures in motion, with limbs extending in various directions. The design evokes a sense of rhythm and movement, similar to a lively choreography captured on canvas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on gray wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.16 × 37.78 cm (11 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.02 × 43.82 cm (13 × 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.148.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chapin 2010, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1991; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2010

  • Chapin, Mary Weaver. The Prints of Warrington Colescott: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-2008. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010, p. 76, no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A Moonlight Swim; lower center in graphite: 10/20; lower right in graphite: Warrington Colescott 1952

Wikidata ID

Q77015374

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