
In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
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- Stanley William Hayter 1901–1988
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 485 × 593 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1981
- Reference
- P07474
Catalogue entry
P07474 STYX 1976 [P07470-P07476;complete]
Inscribed ‘SW Hayter 76’ bottom right and ‘Styx’ and ‘XIV/XX’
Etching, printed by the artist with Hector Saunier and published by M'Arte, Milan in an edition of 100, 19 1/8×23 3/8 (48.5×59.3)
Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
These seven etchings [P07470-P07476] are printed in colour by the method Hayter has evolved over many years of experimentation. He uses engraved line (see ‘Cirque Chinois’ [P07473]) as well as hard-ground etching and aquatint and applies colour to the plate both wiped in in the usual way, and rolled onto the surface of the plate in different viscosities enabling him to print a number of different colour in a single pass through the press. The colour blend in ‘Chute’ [P07472] from red to yellow, green and deep blue is an outstanding example, and illustrates Hayter's ability to control the shades of colour produced by the overlay of his inks-yet further widening the colour range in a single printing.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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