The Great Society: Stock Exchange, State I
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Warrington Colescott
(Oakland, California, 1921–Hollandale, Wisconsin, 2018)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1966
MediumDrypoint, soft-ground etching, and aquatint, with vibrograver, relief rolls through stencils, colored à la poupée, printed in color on white Barcham Green handmade paper
DimensionsSheet: 25 x 29 5/16 in. (63.5 x 74.5 cm)
Image: 17 11/16 x 17 15/16 in. (45 x 45.5 cm)
Plate: 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in. (45 x 45 cm)
Image: 17 11/16 x 17 15/16 in. (45 x 45.5 cm)
Plate: 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in. (45 x 45 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Undetermined source, 1982.669
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.669
On View
Not on viewFrances Myers assisted Colescott with the printing of this edition. (Chapin 112) Colescott set his satiric sights on Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society political platform in a series of prints from 1966 to 1970, lampooning everything from sports to science. Along the way, Colescott courted controversy and drew some sharp criticism for his final print on this subject, The Great Society: Inner Core (cats. 114, 115). On this series, see "Research Printmaker and Mad-Dog Attack Artist," pages 34-35. (Chapin pg. 130)
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