Title: Remember the Poor.
Artist: Warrington Colescott (1921-2018)
Etching and aquatint, undated.
Edition not noted.
Signed "Warrington and Frances" at the bottom of the personalized message.
Card size (closed) 8 x 5" (20.3 x 12.7 cm).

This is an artist made Christmas card featuring a worn soldier holding his gun one hand and a bottle of "H2O" in the other. His uniform is riddled with patches and holes.

Warrington Colescott was an American satirical artist born in Oakland, California. Although he worked in a number of different mediums, he had a particular love for etching. Quick of whit, Colescott reflected on matters of all sorts in his work, including civil rights, politics, history and the lack of improper care for American veterans.

Like so many from his era, Colescott was drafted into World War II. After returning, he finished his master’s degree and took up teaching, all the while continuing to work on his art. In 1957 he won the Fulbright Fellowship, which allowed him to study at the Slade School of Art in London for a year. This was a major event in Colescott's life as it led to his passion for etching while under the tutelage of Anthony Gross. Colescott also won a Guggenheim Fellowship (1965) and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts under the artists and printmaking categories during his lifetime.

Condition: Good condition, save for very minor offsetting from the etching around the personalized message, and a few handling marks.