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Secretary Seward Buys Alaska, from the series Prime-Time Histories

Secretary Seward Buys Alaska, from the series Prime-Time Histories

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Warrington Colescott

Artist
Warrington Colescott
(American, 1921 - 2018)
Title
Secretary Seward Buys Alaska, from the series Prime-Time Histories
Date
1973
Medium
Mixed intaglio, aquatint, drypoint, soft-ground, and etching
Dimensions
17 3/16 x 22 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession No.
1973.37.6
Classification
Prints
Geography
United States

Related

September 1973, gifted by the artist, Warrington Colescott (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Chapin, Mary Weaver. "The Prints of Warrington Colescott: a Catalogue Raisonne, 1948-2008." Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. p. 189, no. 188
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Warrington Colescott : Forty Years of Printmaking : A Retrospective, 1948-1988." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1988. pp. 50, 71, no. 182

  • Warrington Colescott: Forty Years of Printmaking: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/26/1988–10/1/1990
  • Graphics of the '60s and '70s: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/29/1973–1/27/1974

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