Description

This work by Stanley William Hayter—undisputedly the most influential person in modern printmaking—is an Intaglio print made from engraving and soft-ground etching on a copper plate.

This impression was made in the summer of 1973 at Atelier 17 by Hayter, with assistance from Hector Saunier and Rigmor Poenaru, for the Nine Engravings portfolio published the following year, 1974, by Association American Artists, New York.

This is impression number 41 out of an edition of 100 (aside from ten sets in Roman Numerals and ten sets hors commerce which were retained by the artist).  Printed in black ink on paper handmade by the legendary (and now shuttered) Barcham Green paper mill.  On sheets 11.25″ x 15.75″.  Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist at bottom.

This engraving was previously printed in 1949 in an edition estimated by Black & Moorhead at about 100 impressions, none known to be numbered.  Some impressions were printed in colors (intaglio black, roller red through stencil, and roller green through stencil).  The plate was cancelled after the 1973 edition by engraving a signature which prints in reverse.

This work is found in Hayter’s Catalogue Raisonné: Black & Moorhead The Prints of Stanley William Hayter: A Complete Catalogue 192.