Bottles
Medium
softground etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 x 24 cm (6 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 28.2 x 38.3 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
Accession Number
1994.87.3
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Stanley William Hayter · 1901–1988
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 ...