Night and Day

1952

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The image shows a complex arrangement of swirling lines and intersecting shapes forming an abstract composition. Dark, curvilinear shapes intertwine with lighter contrasting areas. The central shape at the bottom has a curvilinear structure, while elongated lines suggest branches or skeletal structures. Light and shadow create depth, and overlapping semicircles and arcs hint at faces or figures emerging from the chaos.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and softground etching in black on Lauriat laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, 2004)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 59.85 × 45.24 cm (23 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 73.34 × 57.79 cm (28 7/8 × 22 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1394

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 203, iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Moses Lasky, San Francisco, California; Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, New York, 2002; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Black, Peter, and Désirée Moorhead. The Prints of Stanley William Hayter: A Complete Catalogue. Mount Kisco, New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1992, p. 194, no. 203, iv/vi.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Etat IV 3/10; lower right in graphite: SWHayter 1952; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 60

Watermarks

[shield] / SWH / Lauriat a la main

Wikidata ID

Q77010166

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