Berges du Canal, a.k.a. Rue de la Villette (from Paysages urbains)

 

Stanley William Hayter

  1901 - 1988 (biography)

1930  

engraving and drypoint 

8 x 10 1/2" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

37 of 50  

pencil titled "Berges du Canal" in lower center margin; Black and Moorhead noted in the entry for "Paysages urbains" that "the titles were assigned to the prints by Hayter for the purposes of identiciation many years after they were made. No titles are in 

Black & Moorhead 35; National Gallery of Art 1990.106.12 

ivory wove Rives BFK watermarked 

published 

Editions des Quatre Chemins, Paris 

24138 

$3,500.00 

This is one of six engravings that were published in the portfolio, Paysages urbains (Cityscapes) in 1930. The engravings were printed by Paul Haasen and the portfolio was published by Editions des Quatre Chemins. Black and Moorhead list this engraving as Rue de la Villette and the title Berges du Canal does not appear in the index of titles. The title is written in the hand of Hayter and Black and Moorhead state that the individual prints in the portfolio were published without titles and that titles were assigned by Hayter much later to aid in identification.