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Hecatomb for Hector by Warrington Colescott

Hecatomb for Hector by Warrington Colescott

Hecatomb for Hector

Warrington Colescott

Title

Hecatomb for Hector

 
Artist

Warrington Colescott

  1921 - 2018 (biography)
Year
1954  
Technique
color serigraph / screenprint 
Image Size
15 7/8 x 20 3/4" image 
Signature
pencil, lower center 
Edition Size
20 proofs 
Annotations
titled and dated in pencil 
Reference
Chapin 29; Elvehjem #27 
Paper
heavy, cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
15616 
Price
SOLD
Description

This early abstract color screenprint by Warrington Colescott uses mythology as an inspiration. A "hecatomb" in ancient Greece was a sacrifice of 100 cattle to the gods, in this case Hector, the great Trojan prince/warrior and founder of Troy.

Colescott does not fit this image into a frame or box, the edges are undefined, as is the image - as if it were drawn on the wall of a cave in ancient Greece.