Warriors (Guerriers) by Stanley William Hayter

Warriors (Guerriers) by Stanley William Hayter

Warriors (Guerriers)

Stanley William Hayter

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Title

Warriors (Guerriers)

 
Artist
Year
1953  
Technique
color engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper 
Image Size
18 3/4 x 13 3/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
edition 200 
Annotations
titled and dated in pencil 
Reference
Black & Moorhead 211 illustrated in color 
Paper
Johannot 
State
iv/iv 
Publisher
George Braziller, NY 
Inventory ID
11240 
Price
$2,800.00 
Description
"Warriors" was done in New York in 1953 and was published by George Brazilier in an edition of 200. The tension of the human form interested Hayter throughout his early career. He wrote: "Particularly in engraving, which is essentially the art of the line, of the line in three-dimensional space, it became necessary to exploit the enormous possibilities of indicating the properties of matter, force, motion, and space." The surrreal composition is a synthesis of his work in New York as he moved more and more to color and experimentation with different intaglio methods. "Warriors" includes gestural engraving but adds soft-ground etching into which was impressed delicate fabrics that create subtle patterns and directions. Hayter used a scorper to gouge the plate, the result being highlighted, three dimensional white areas where nothing printed. The color was applied using stencils and rollers. The plate, plus the set of drawings, stencils and states are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 
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