Warrington Colescott

American
(1921–2018)

Last Look up State St. from Bascom Hill
1989

Intaglio
30.125 x 24 in.
Gift of the USU Art Deptartment
1989.1

In contrast to his abstract paintings, Colescott’s etchings focused on narratives that revolved around politics, class issues, history, and race, particularly focusing on violence towards African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Colescott’s body of work is notable for its use of satire to comment on difficult social issues and for creating fictional stories about famous historical figures.

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This object has the following keywords:

• bus
• figure
• Neon signs - Sources:
  - Work cat.: 94-227827: Swinnich, R. Contemporary beer neon signs, c1994.
  - Random House:
  - Web. 3:
  - LC database, 12/1/94
• people
• red
• skyscraper
• suit

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Basic Printmaking, Screen Printing, and Book Arts , 10/18/2016 - 12/10/2016
• African American Art, Social Justice, and Identity , 8/25/2020 - 5/7/2022