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Defeat by Stanley William Hayter

Defeat by Stanley William Hayter

Defeat

Stanley William Hayter

Title

Defeat

 
Artist

Stanley William Hayter

  1901 - 1988 (biography)
Year
1938  
Technique
engraving, etching and soft-ground etching 
Image Size
6 1/8 x 11 3/16" platemark 
Signature
engraving, etching and soft-ground etching 
Edition Size
unrecorded proof. 
Annotations
 
Reference
Black & Moorhead 106 
Paper
toothy, antique-white wove 
State
iv/iv, plate not printed at far left. 
Publisher
artist at Atelier 17 
Inventory ID
FRBE301 
Price
SOLD
Description

This proof impression is not noted in Black and Moorehead. 1/2" of the plate was not printed at the far left where the plate appears to run off into infinity. There are slight printing creases within the image.

"Defeat" is one of 5 prints created as a commission for Ambrose Vollard to accompany the text of Numancia by Cervantes. The project ended with Vollard's death. A proof in the British Museum is inscribed: 'Movement of Flight - figures supporting corpse, figures animals movement - forms of flame, etc.'

This impression is from the collection of Atelier 17 artist Fred Becker, a close friend of Hayter's.