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Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988)
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soft ground etching and engraving, 1945-46, on plaster with engraved signature, a very rare impression, one of only two printed on plaster, aside from the edition of 50 on paper
27¾ x 18¾ in. (70.5 x 47.6 cm.)

Literature

G. Reynolds, The Engravings of S.W. Hayter, London, 1967, pl. 13, p. 27, illustrated.
S.W. Hayter, New Ways of Gravure, New York, 1981, pp. 126 - 131.
P.M.S. Hacker, The Renaissance of Gravure: The Art of S.W. Hayter, Oxford, 1988, p. 85, no. 43, illustrated.
P. Black & D. Moorhead, The Prints of Stanley William Hayter, a Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1992, p. 166, no. 165, illustrated. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition of the Prints of S. W. Hayter, October - November 1988, p. 84, no. 43.

Exhibited

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Eccentric Orbits: Stanley William Hayter: The Prints to 1960, April - May 1998, no. 17.

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Lot Essay

Stanley William Hayter devoted an entire chapter of his book New Ways of Gravure to printing on plaster. After giving a brief history of printing on wet clay, wax, and other molten media, Hayter goes on to describe how the process of printing on wet plaster differs from printing on paper. The inks should be oilier because the oils are absorbed by the setting plaster and therefore prevent the inked line from flaking off when both it and the substrate are dry.

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