Night and Day

1951-1954

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The composition features curving lines and overlapping shapes creating movement. The abstract arrangement suggests forms resembling swirling leaves or blossoming flowers in orange, teal, purple, and deep blue hues. Dot-like elements scattered throughout might evoke eyes, while lines crisscross the composition like threads.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and softground etching in black with color offset linocut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.3 x 45.4 cm (23 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 75.6 x 56.2 cm (29 3/4 x 22 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.86

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September, 1978; gift to NGA, 2012.

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, no. 203, vi/vi.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 19/50; lower center in graphite: Day + Night; lower right in graphite: SWHayter 52

Watermarks

BFK Rives

Wikidata ID

Q76439166

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