Composition (Primary Title)
Stanley William Hayter, English, 1901 - 1988 (Artist)
Hayter moved to Paris in 1926 to study painting and printmaking. The following year he established Atelier 17, a studio for collaboration and experimentation in printmaking, and later became associated with the Surrealist movement. In 1939, he left Paris for New York, where he reestablished Atelier 17. Hayter’s works offer a remarkable example of artistic experimentation. For Composition, he poured plaster of Paris onto an engraved and etched metal plate. After it was set, he carved andpainted the cast as well. The lines on the surface of the metal plate that would have printed in black on paper appear here as raised areas. The sculptural quality of this method suggests a rethinking of the printed line’s conventional association with painting and drawing.
Signed and dated on lower right: Hayter/41
Gift of T. Catesby Jones
©artist or artist’s estate
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