Cronos

 

Stanley William Hayter

  1901 - 1988 (biography)

1944  

engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper 

15 5/8 x 19 13/16" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

Number 1 of 2 Proof impressions of the Sixth and final state, edition of 50 

pencil dated "10-11-44" annotated "Sixth State 1" and "this is....." 

Black & Moorehead 160 

F.J. Head Waterleaf; the regular edition is on Cranach 

vi/vi first impression of final state, with scorper 

artist, at Atelier 17, New York 

16365 

SOLD

One of Hayter's signature prints, Cronos is annotated in the lower left margin: "This is the first complete proof from the plate" this is the first of 2 proofs of this state, outside the edition of 50. The plate is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. For more information on Hayter see our Biography.