Le couple (The Couple)

1952

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The image displays an array of intersecting lines and overlapping shapes, forming an abstract composition. These lines create a network of curves and angles that suggest the outline of a human figure in a seated position. The abstract arrangement of shapes and contours outlines a figure, with a head and torso distinctively visible. The background is filled with vibrant hues of greens, pinks, and oranges.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color engraving and softground etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 44.5 x 29.6 cm (17 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 56.4 x 37.8 cm (22 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 206, iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002-2003.

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. 206, iv/iv.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 6/20; lower right in graphite: SWHayter 52; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Hayter 1952

Wikidata ID

Q76358414

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