Kites

Hector Saunier

This vibrant etching, titled "Kites", was done by Saunier using a number of color printing techniques developed at Atelier 17, including simultaneous color and polychrome printing.

In 1978 Saunier became Associate Director of the Atelier, taking charge of it during Hayter’s absences. On Hayter’s death in 1988, Saunier became co-Director of the Atelier, now renamed Atelier Contrepoint, which still flourishes at 10 rue Didot in Paris.

Hayter once said of Saunier's prints,"His reseach in the use of colour in total saturation, the interpenetration of graduated fields of colours, not only creates a space of the imagination beyond our normal experience but involves us in another dimension of the consciousness of color."