Sheet of Sketches
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colored felt-tip pens and graphite with gray wash on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 65.1 x 92.4 cm (25 5/8 x 36 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
Accession Number
1994.87.8
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 ...