Stanley William Hayter
Ayuda a Espana [Help Spain]
About this artwork
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title:Ayuda a Espana [Help Spain]
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accession number:GMA 3916
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materials:Engraving on paper
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date created:1937
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measurements:7.80 x 6.10 cm (folded paper 30.00 x 11.10 cm)
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credit line:Presented by Mrs Rosemary Poole 1995
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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…