Stanley William Hayter
Augy's Foot
About this artwork
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title:Augy's Foot
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accession number:GMA 2107
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materials:Engraving and softground etching on paper
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date created:Dated 1940
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measurements:6.90 x 9.90 cm (paper 25.60 x 16.60 cm)
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credit line:Presented by Jim Ede 1979
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copyright:© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018.
Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter
Born in London, Stanley William Hayter was a major figure in twentieth-century printmaking. In 1926 he abandoned a promising career in the oil industry to travel to Paris and enrol at the Académie Julian art school. In Paris, Hayter met the Polish artist Joseph Hecht (1891-1951) who taught him burin…