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Before the Curtain for Emma Agee Ling

Name: Before The Curtain For Emma Agee Ling | Stanley William Hayter
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SKU: 84058

Stanley William Hayter

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British (1901–1988)

Date: 1947
Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in the plate
Image Size: 7 x 6.75 inches
Size: 14.5 x 11.5 in. (36.83 x 29.21 cm)
Printer: Atelier 17, New York
Reference: Black and Moorhead 180

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Stanley William Hayter, British (1901 - 1988) - Before the Curtain for Emma Agee Ling.

Year: 1947, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in the plate, Image Size: 7 x 6.75 inches, Size: 14.5 x 11.5 in. (36.83 x 29.21 cm), Printer: Atelier 17, New York, Reference: Black and Moorhead 180, Description: From the collection of the late Larry Saphire. Featuring a poem by Ruthven Todd.

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About The Artist: Stanley William Hayter

Stanley William Hayter, CBE (December 27, 1901 – May 4, 1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris. Since his death in 1988, it has been known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists Hayter was credited with...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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