By Stanley William Hayter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988 )
Title: Volubilis
Date: 1969
Medium: Lithograph
Image Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches
Sheet size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches – BFK Rives paper
Signature: signed, dated lower right
Publisher: Desjoberts, Paris
Catalogue Raisonne: B&M 331
Edition: 50 plus 10 proofs. This one: 19/50
This exceptional color lithograph is an excellent example of Stanley William Hayter’s iconic printmaking. He is the founder of Atelier 17, and as such, one of the most influential printmakers of the 20th century. Volubilis was published in 1969, and is B&M 331 in the catalog raisonne. The print is in good condition aside from soft handling creases, stray printing ink in the lower right corner, 6 in. surface rub upper left corner which is barely visible upon very close inspection. Please see photographs.
Stanley William Hayter CBE (27 December 1901 – 4 May 1988) was an English painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with surrealism and from 1940 onward with abstract expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris. Since his death in 1988, it has been known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists who frequented the atelier were Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Nemesio Antúnez...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph