Night and Day

1951-1954

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The image shows a composition of curved and angular shapes with swirling lines creating an abstract design. The shapes and lines overlap to form dynamic forms in teal, purple, and black colors. The artwork can evoke cellular structures or mechanical intricacies.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and softground etching in black with color stencil

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.3 x 45.4 cm (23 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 73.7 x 57.8 cm (29 x 22 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 203

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Larsson, Sweden). (Ketterer Kunst, Munich, May 5, 1999, lot 314); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; 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.

Wikidata ID

Q76439167

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