Apparition
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View on museum website →Medium
color engraving softground etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 35.6 x 52.1 cm (14 x 20 1/2 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 66.4 cm (19 7/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.104
Art Historical Context
**Apparition** (1982) by Stanley Hayter is a captivating color engraving and softground etching on wove paper measuring 35.6 x 52.1 cm on the plate. Created when Hayter was in his late 80s, this print the innovative spirit of a master printmaker who founded Atelier 17 in in 1927, a hub for experimental artists like Joan Miró and Max Ernst. Hayter's lifelong passion for pushing printmaking boundaries shines here, as he revolutionized color intaglio techniques, layering vibrant hues through multi-plate engraving for depth and luminosity. Softground etching, a specialty of Hayter's, captures sub...
About the Artist
Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter (1901–1988), born in Hackney, London, to painter and sign-maker William Harry Hayter, initially pursued a scientific career, earning a degree in chemistry and geology from King's College London. He worked as a research chemist for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Abadan, Iran, from 1922 to 1925, painting portraits of colleagues in his spare time; an exhibition of these upon ...