Warrington Colescott

History of Printmaking: S. W. Hayter Discovers Viscosity Printing

1976

Workers operate a large printing press inside a crowded print shop while others handle papers.
Workers operate a large printing press inside a crowded print shop while others handle papers.

Warrington Colescott, History of Printmaking: S. W. Hayter Discovers Viscosity Printing, 1976. Etching and aquatint, sheet: 24 7/8 × 35 3/4 in. (63.2 × 90.8 cm) Plate: 21 15/16 × 27 3/4 in. (55.7 × 70.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mrs. Albert A. List 77.57

Recto

Not on view

Date
1976

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 7/8 × 35 3/4 in. (63.2 × 90.8 cm) Plate: 21 15/16 × 27 3/4 in. (55.7 × 70.5 cm)

Accession number
77.57

Series
History of Printmaking

Edition
29/75

Publication
Printed by Warrington Colescott; published by Mantegna Press

Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Albert A. List

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/3810



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