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The History of Printmaking: Senefelder Receives the Secrets of Lithography (small plate)


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Title

The History of Printmaking: Senefelder Receives the Secrets of Lithography (small plate)

Related Titles

original language: The History of Printmaking: Senefelder Receives the Secrets of Lithography

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 cream Arches paper

Edition

28/50

Catalogue Raisonné

Chapin 216

Dimensions (H x W x D)

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

Inscriptions & Markings

watermark: HES, watermark, lower left

number: WC 289LS, graphite, verso, lower right

blindstamp: [blindstamp], lower right

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

title: History of Printmaking: Senefelder Receives the Secrets of Lithography, graphite, lower center

edition: 28/50, 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

80.47.2d

Copyright

© Warrington Colescott

Terms

etching

intaglio printing

intaglio prints

lithography

paper

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