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William Randolph Hearst Declares War on Spain, from the series Prime-Time Histories

William Randolph Hearst Declares War on Spain, from the series Prime-Time Histories

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Warrington Colescott

In the 1970s, the Vietnam War not only sparked protests but trenchant criticism that questioned the relationship of violence and war to the rest of American culture.
Artist
Warrington Colescott
(American, 1921 - 2018)
Title
William Randolph Hearst Declares War on Spain, from the series Prime-Time Histories
Date
1973
Medium
Mixed intaglio, aquatint, soft-ground, drypoint, and etching
Dimensions
22 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession No.
1973.37.7
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. 191, no. 191
  • 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. 184

  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011
  • 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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