Cronos, 1944

Not on View

Medium

engraving and softground etching in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 39.7 x 50.4 cm (15 5/8 x 19 13/16 in.)

sheet: 46.2 x 56.4 cm (18 3/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 160, iv/iv

Accession Number

1994.87.4

Artists / Makers

Stanley William Hayter (artist) British, 1901 - 1988

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: SW Hayter 44; lower center in graphite: Cronos; lower left in graphite: 30/50; upper left edge in graphite: For Minna + Jack / 21-10/47 SWH

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Minna Citron and "Jack", New York, October 21, 1947. (Miriam Redlin Paintings & Drawings, Ltd.); [1] Jacob and Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD, purchased December 4, 1974; gift to NGA, 1994.

[1] The last name of the dealer is an interpretation of a handwritten document from the Kainen archive and could be slightly different than the above.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Miriam Redlin Paintings & Drawings

Bibliography

1992: Black, Peter, and Désirée Moorhead. The Prints of Stanley William Hayter: A Complete Catalogue. Mount Kisco, New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1992, no. 160, iv/iv.