Death of Hektor Portfolio

 

Stanley William Hayter

  1901 - 1988 (biography)

1979  

9 intaglios 

15 1/2 x 11" paper size, platemarks vary 

lower right 

285 of 300  

 

B&M 401-409; Oxford 113 

Chrisbrook J. Green; SWH watermark 

published 

Circle Press Publications, Guilford, Surrey, England 

6906 

$5,000.00 

A twenty-three page portfolio illustrating "The Death of Hector / a poem" by Brian Coffey (1905-1995). Includes 9 intaglios by Hayter, 3 with color and 6 black and white, published by Circle Press in Guilford, England in 1979 in an edition of 300 plus 35 A/P's, 10 presentation proofs and 5 Hors Commerce. The intaglios were printed on Crisbrook J. Green handmade paper with a "SWH 1976" watermark. Five of the plates were printed by Hayter, four by Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop Wiltshire. The text was printed by Michael Gray and the bookbinding was done by Dorset Bookbinding Co. Ltd, Wimborne, Dorset.