Night and Day

1951-1954

Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

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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

    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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