Defeat by Stanley William Hayter
Defeat
Stanley William Hayter
Title
Defeat
Artist
Stanley William Hayter
1901 - 1988 (biography)Year
1938
Technique
engraving, etching and soft-ground etching
Image Size
6 1/8 x 11 3/16" platemark
Signature
engraving, etching and soft-ground etching
Edition Size
unrecorded proof.
Annotations
Reference
Black & Moorhead 106
Paper
toothy, antique-white wove
State
iv/iv, plate not printed at far left.
Publisher
artist at Atelier 17
Inventory ID
FRBE301
Price
SOLD
Description
This proof impression is not noted in Black and Moorehead. 1/2" of the plate was not printed at the far left where the plate appears to run off into infinity. There are slight printing creases within the image.
"Defeat" is one of 5 prints created as a commission for Ambrose Vollard to accompany the text of Numancia by Cervantes. The project ended with Vollard's death. A proof in the British Museum is inscribed: 'Movement of Flight - figures supporting corpse, figures animals movement - forms of flame, etc.'
This impression is from the collection of Atelier 17 artist Fred Becker, a close friend of Hayter's.