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The History of Printmaking: Ben Franklin at Versailles (small plate)


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Title

The History of Printmaking: Ben Franklin at Versailles (small plate)

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original language: The History of Printmaking: Ben Franklin at Versailles

series (original language): The History of Printmaking

Artist

Warrington Colescott (American, 1921-2018)

Date

1976

Medium

soft-ground etching and aquatint, with vibrograver, and relief rolls through stencils, printed in color on white Arches Cover paper

Edition

10/50

Catalogue Raisonné

Chapin 214

Dimensions (H x W x D)

plate: 13 11/16 in x 19 11/16 in; sheet: 19 3/4 in x 26 in

Inscriptions & Markings

blindstamp: [blindstamp], lower right

number: WC291Ls, graphite, verso, lower right

signature; date: Warrington Colescott 1976, graphite, lower right

title: History of Printmaking: Ben Franklin at Versailles, graphite, lower center

edition: 10/50, graphite, lower left

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

intaglio print

Culture

American

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund

Accession Number

80.47.2c

Copyright

© Warrington Colescott

Terms

etching

intaglio printing

intaglio prints

paper

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