HAYTER, Stanley William(1901 London – 1988 Paris)

"Nénuphars"

Color etching and soft-ground etching. Numbered 14/135 in the lower left corner, signed in ballpoint pen in the lower right corner.

Mat cutout 37.5 x 50.5 cm. Framed & under glass : 60 x 72 cm.

Surreal composition of swirling green lines framing blue fields. Slightly discolored; frame has minimal chips.

Graphic artist from a London family of artists; moved to Paris in 1926 to join the circle around Alberto Giacometti, Balthus, Alexander Calder, and others; moved to the Surrealist circle in 1929, where he became a leading figure in printmaking; emigrated to New York in 1940, where he was an influential teacher and role model for American and international modernist printmaking.

Bibliography: General Artists’ Lexicon.