Artist Monograph

Warrington Colescott, American

American, 1921–2018

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Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	23.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	76.9%

Range: 20.6 cm → 76.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	2
1965	1
1967	1
1970	8
1974	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
In Birmingham Jail Print Acc. 151.1965	1963	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint with roulette and found letterpress	plate: 17 3/4 x 23 11/16" (45.1 x 60.1 cm); sheet: 21 7/16 x 28 9/16" (54.4 x 72.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Triumph of St. Valentine Print Acc. 7.1964	1963, published 1964	Drypoint, etching, aquatint, engraving, and stencil	plate: 17 7/8 × 23 3/4" (45.4 × 60.3 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 × 27 9/16" (51.7 × 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Triumph of St. Valentine Print Acc. 8.1964	1963, published 1964	Drypoint, etching, aquatint, and engraving	plate: 17 7/8 × 23 3/4" (45.4 × 60.3 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 × 28 3/4" (55 × 73.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Stock Exchange Print Acc. 2332.1967	1966	Drypoint, etching, and aquatint	plate: 17 13/16 × 17 15/16" (45.3 × 45.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 29 7/8" (56.5 × 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Frontispiece (folio 2) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.1	1970, published 1971	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 6 3/4" (20.6 × 17.1 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 12 5/8" (37.8 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
I: Mariposa Street (folio 5) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.2	1970, published 1971	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate: 11 7/8 × 9 15/16" (30.2 × 25.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 12 13/16" (38.1 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
II: Butterflies Are May Winds (folio 8) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.3	1970, published 1971	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate: 11 7/8 × 9 15/16" (30.2 × 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 13/16" (37.9 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
III: From La Brea (folio 11) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.4	1970, published 1971	Etching and photogravure with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate: 11 15/16 × 9 15/16" (30.3 × 25.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 11/16" (37.9 × 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
IV: Cisco Kid (folio 14) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.5	1970, published 1971	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate (irreg.): 11 3/4 × 10" (29.9 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 12 11/16" (37.8 × 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.1-7	1970, published 1971	Illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	sheet (each approx.): 14 15/16 × 12 13/16" (37.9 × 32.5 cm); overall (closed): 16 5/16 × 14 1/4 × 1 1/4" (41.5 × 36.2 × 3.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
V: Catalina View (folio 17) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.6	1970, published 1971	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate (irreg.): 11 9/16 × 10" (29.4 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 11/16" (38 × 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
VI: A Club in My Ribs (folio 20) from The Mariposa Suite Nos. I-VI Illustrated Book Acc. 626.1970.7	1970, published 1971	Etching, aquatint, photogravure, and drypoint with roulette from an illustrated book with seven etchings (six with aquatint, five with drypoint, five with roulette, and two with photogravure)	plate: 11 7/8 × 9 15/16" (30.2 × 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 11/16" (37.9 × 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The First Thanksgiving Print Acc. 243.1974	1973	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint	plate: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund