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L'Escoutay by Stanley William Hayter
L'Escoutay
Stanley William Hayter
Title
L'Escoutay
Artist
Stanley William Hayter
1901 - 1988 (biography)Year
1951
Technique
engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper; copper plate; one wood block
Image Size
7 3/4 x 12 3/16" platemark
Signature
lower right margin pencil
Edition Size
52 of 200
Annotations
pencil editioned & dated
Reference
B/M 200, ill. full 2 pges; Oxford 53, illus. in color
Paper
antique-white Marais
State
published
Publisher
International Graphic Arts Society, (IGAS) first commission; chop, lower right margin.
Inventory ID
19212
Price
SOLD
Description
"L'Escoutay" was the first publication for the International Graphic Arts Society, New York (IGAS). This impression has their copyright stamped in the lower right margin corner. Printed in an edition of 200, half the edition was sold in America and the other half in Europe. Hayter utelized engraving, soft-ground etching, scorper, color woodcut printed offset and stencils to create this print and the impressions will vary in color when compared. It was printed by Hayter with the assistance of Dadi Wirz.