Jeux d'eau (Water Play)

1953

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The image contains swirling and intersecting lines creating an intricate web. The lines intersect with colored shapes in blues, blacks, browns, and hints of orange and yellow. The overlapping forms and curving lines suggest flowing ribbons or a whirlwind of shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color engraving and softground etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.1 x 31.4 cm (15 x 12 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 54.3 x 44.1 cm (21 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.92

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 208

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 208.

Wikidata ID

Q76439175

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