Le port (The Harbor)

1986

Stanley William Hayter

Associated Names
Stanley William Hayter

Artist, British, 1901 - 1988

The image shows swirling lines and shapes with a dark oval in the center. The lines overlap vertically and diagonally across the canvas. The oval and lines create an abstract composition evoking connectivity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color engraving and softground etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.3 x 40.6 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)
    sheet: 48.6 x 61.3 cm (19 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Black and Moorhead 1992, no. 448

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to George Ball, San Francisco and Paris. [1] (Pierre Sanchez, Paris); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 1, 1993; gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] Determined in correspondence with Desiree Hayter on June 28, 2019.

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. 448.

Wikidata ID

Q76439194

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