Construction IV
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acrylic, watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 43.2 × 33.3 cm (17 × 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.506
Art Historical Context
**Construction IV** (1979) by Stanley William Hayter invites visitors into the dynamic world of late 20th-century abstraction. Created when Hayter was 86, this intimate drawing on white wove paper measures 43.2 × 33.3 cm and blends acrylic, watercolor, and graphite. The British artist, renowned for founding the experimental Atelier 17 print workshop in Paris in 1927, pushed boundaries in modern art through innovative techniques. Though celebrated for printmaking, Hayter's paintings and drawings, like this one, reveal his mastery of form and color in fluid, constructive compositions. The title...
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 ...