Art by Medium: Engraving

Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Sheet size (each): approx. 10" x 16.5" Image size (each): approx. 6.88" x 11.75" Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All four works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in 1799. And, both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". Both "A View of Stourbridge" and "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill" have unidentified fleur-de-lis watermarks in the center of their sheets. "Bewdley" has an unidentified watermark in the center of its sheet resembling "XV" and "Tenbury" has no watermark. Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...

London: Thomas Bensley, 1805. Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 10 1/4 x 8 inches (260 x 204 mm) the full sheet, margins trimmed. In very good condition with e...

Artist: Peter Brown (English, Active: c.1758-1799) Title: "The Fossane (Malagasy Civet)" (Plate XLIII - 43) Portfolio: New Illustrations of Zoology, Containing Fifty Coloured Plates ...

London: Kew Gardens, 1804. Mixed-method engraving (combining aquatint, stipple, line engraving, and mezzotint), printed in color a la poupée with hand-coloring in watercolor and gou...

Pablo Picasso Les Pauvres, 1905 Etching and drypoint 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches full sheet Edition of 250 Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential and celebrat...

I Won't Eat You by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching. This contemporary art print with gouache depicts a lion and is a humorous work of art by Kate Boxer. Kate Boxer m...

Turner, J. M. W. & J. T. Willmore (engr.) Vernon London: 1845. Fisher, Son & Co. Engraving on cream wove paper, 8 1/2 x 12 /12 inches (216 x 318 mm), the full sheet, full margins. ...

AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE ABLE DOCTOR IN AMERICA SWALLOWING THE BITTER DRAUGHT, 1774 (LC Cresswell 664). Engraving and etching. Originally from "The London Magazine", April 1774. Pl...

Etching and drypoint on paper. Beautiful proof of 2nd state on 2, probably from the second Cadart edition of 1874. Signed in the plate on top right. Two holes in the center on top...

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth century...

Panther by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching with carborundum. The bold black and white print is a statement artwork in any room. Kate Boxer makes the plates in her st...

Etching and drypoint on paper. Signed and titled on plate. Pubished on the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts". Printed b A. Porcabeuf, Paris. Image Dimensions : 15.5 x 11 cm Very good cond...

Interiors I: Family Reunion 1984 Resist ground etching and engraving on BFK Rives wove paper, 20 x 36 inches (501 x 913 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 49/175 in pencil, lower margin. In excellent condition with minor mat tone. A luminous, rich, and well-inked impression of this haunting image, with astonishing detail and depth. Framed handsomely under museum grade glass with archival materials in a solid wood frame with silver finish. [Milton 107] Intended to be a stand alone image in its inception, Family Reunion ended up spawning seven additional images, and became a sort of Primo Pensiero in the sprawling, masterpiece suite now known as Interiors. The suite took eight years to complete, and consists of works of varying format, psychological intensity, and subject matter. The thematic darkness in the eight images waxes and wanes, and Milton intentionally included several interlude works to lighten the tension he felt while composing several of the darker images. The first two in the series, Family Reunion, and Hotel Paradise Café, were meant to be companion pieces. The equilibrium of each composition is anchored on a central brooding figure; a man (perhaps based on a Thomas Eakins portrait of the American anthropologist Frank Hamilton...

Etching with drypoint on lightweight Japon paper, 9 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches ( 247 x 250 mm); sheet 14 x 12 3/4 inches (355 x 324 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin. I...

Etching and drypoint on paper, realized in 1867/68 and published in 1869. 3rs state on 3, printed by Salmon and published in 1869, with the addition of lettering. Ref. Harris 59; G...

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Caveliers de l'Apocalypse Drypoint etching on chromolithograph, embossed from 1971. The edition of 197/197 on Rives paper. Countersigned by the edi...

Engraving by Louise Bourgeois, 2002, hand signed, numbered and inscribed to her longtime printer Judith Solodkin of Solo Impressions, accompanied by an actual horseshoe gifted by the...

New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1911. Halftone engraving from a gum bichromate print; 8 x 5 5/8 inches (203 x 142 mm), tipped onto a mounting sheet 8 x 11 3/4 in. 2 mm tear on lower rig...

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Pacific Ocean Currents" is a handmade cyanotype print of rough water texture resembling Pacific Ocean swell. Details: + ...

Engraving after Egidius Coninxloo (c. 1581 - 1619), executed by Nicolaes De Bruyn (Antwerp 1571 - 1652 Amsterdam) Unidentified watermark

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (367 x 268 mm), full margins. In very...

Pablo Picasso "Tête de femme n°1. Portrait de Dora Maar" 1939 Colour aquatint, scraper and drypoint on laid paper with watermark "Picasso" Lower right inscribed and signed by the art...

About In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition #41 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and aquatint...

Fish and seahorse, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic ...

I Won't Eat You by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching. This contemporary art print with gouache depicts a lion and is a humorous work of art by Kate Boxer. Kate Boxer m...

Gheyn II, Jacques (Jacob) de (after Karel van Mander) c1590. Engraving on cream laid paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (150 x 108 mm), the full sheet. Narrow margins. In good condition wi...

Louis Conrad Rosenberg, 'Mosque of the Sultan Bayazid, Constantinople', etching, 1927. Signed in pencil. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression...

'Blood Hound' Copper-line engraving by J Scott (1774-1827) after Philip Reinagle (1749-1815), 1803. Philip Reinagle was one of the best of the sporti...

Walter Tittle, 'The Plaza, Sunset Glow', drypoint, c. 1920s, edition not stated. Signed in pencil and initialed in the plate, lower right. Titled 'The Plaza, Sunset' and annotated 'no. 165' in ink, in the bottom left sheet corner. A superb, luminous impression in dark brown ink, with selectively wiped plate tone; on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 to 2 1/4 inches). Pale tape stains on the top sheet edge, recto, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 11 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (299 x 176 mm); sheet size 15 11/16 x 9 inches (399 x 229 mm). A view across 'The Pond' in New York City's Central Park, toward Grand Army Plaza...

Title: Inside the Blue Original One-of-a-kind Freedom Blue Extra-large Geometric Striking Elephant Unity In "Inside the Blue," Karnish constructs a complex, fractured geometric uni...

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the bro...

McBey, James (Scottish, 1883-1959). DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT. Hardie 181. Edition of 76, of which 70 were signed and numbered. Etching and drypoint, 1919. Signed in black ...

Paris: 1872. Etching with drypoint on laid Japon paper, 4 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (115 x 207); sheet 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (248 x 327 mm), full margins. In good condition with some minor...

'Newstead in Nottinghamshire, the Seat of Lord Byron' Engraving by Thomas Malton after Paul Sandby (1731-1809). From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views i...

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...

'Morea Northiana - Northian Moraea' 'Native of the Brazils'. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812...

Engraving Edition : 99 ex. Image dimensions : 11.50 cm. x 10.00 cm. (4.53 in. x 3.94 in.) Paper dimensions : 22.50 cm. x 32.50 cm. (8.86 in. x 12.8 in.) Handsigned by the artist in p...

Fish, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic collection of...

Bertuch, Friedrich Johann Justin Sugar kelp/oarweed and bladderwrack/sea oak; Plate CCCIV (Plate 304) from Bilderbuch für Kinder Weimar: c1810. Copperplate engraving with hand-colo...

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This beautiful cyanotype is titled "Long Wave in Venice Beach" and it shows an outstanding wave in one of the most iconic ...

Salvador Dali Title: L'automobile (Automobile) 1975 From Portfolio, Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions) Original Engraving and Etching with Pochoir on Arches paper Edi...

Wood engraving, 1974 Edition : 71/120 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Printer : Fequet et Baudier (Paris) Image dimensions : 18.00 cm. x 22.00 cm. (7.09 in. x 8.66 in.) Paper dimensions :...

An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants:...

Drypoint, on Chine collé to Hahnemühle Copperplate paper Edition 9 of 35 48.3 x 40.6 cm (19 x 16 in) 53 x 45.5 x 3.8, 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.5 in Signed, numbered and dated on the front Min...

"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper 5th or 8th edition print of "Que pico de Oro" from the Los Caprichos with burnished aquatints, drypoints etchi...

'Bromelia, Bryonia, buphthalmum, Bupleurum' English botanical engraving with original hand-colouring. 1816 From Thomas Green's 'Universal Herbal, or Botanical, Medical, and Agricul...

This is an original 19th century hand colored McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "Chittee-Yoholo, A Seminole Chief, No. 76", published by Rice, Rutter & Co. in 1865. This original McKenney and Hall engraving is presented in a cream colored mat, suitable for framing, with a protective clear sleeve. The mat measures 13.88" x 11.75" and the sheet measures 10.63" x 7.38. The print is in excellent condition. Col. Thomas J. McKenney was Superintendant of The Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1816 until 1830. He was one of a very few government officials to defend American Indian interests and attempt to preserve their culture. He travelled to Indian lands meeting the Native American leaders. He brought with him an accomplished artist, James Otto Lewis, who sketched those willing to participate. A large number of the most influential Indian chiefs and warriors were later invited to come to Washington in 1821 to meet President Monroe. McKenney commissioned the prominent portrait painter Charles Bird King...

Signed in pencil below the image. Signed and dated in the plate. The number '327' inscribed in pencil in lower margin. Mortimer Menpes was an artist and engraver, author, printmake...

Fish and seahorse, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic ...

This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Frankfort, Germany entitled "Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne, Germany in 1595. This is an English translation of an excerpt from the original text in the atlas: "Frankenberg or, according to others, Francoburgum, a town in Hesse. Charlemagne vested the town of Frankenberg with many freedoms and privileges, which it still enjoys to this day, and on account of its valiant and victorious soldiers awarded a signet, upon which there formerly appeared a golden castle with a tower, together with the letter F and a golden crown. Frankenberg, seen here from the northeast, lies on a hill above the River Eder. The hillside is covered with fields neatly separated by bushes and fences. Soaring above the town is the massive Liebfrauenkirche, which was modelled on St Elizabeth's church in Marburg. The New Town was founded in 1335 at the foot of the hill (right) and merged with the Old Town as late as 1556. Frankenberg was founded by Conrad of Thuringia in 1233/34 to prevent the archbishops of Mainz from expanding their sphere of influence...

French Landscape is an original artwork realized by Eugène Corneau during the 1930s. Etching and drypoint on paper. Very good conditions except for some small folds on the left mar...

Tere Metta (Mexico, ) 'Untitled', 2002 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 14.4 x 18 in. (36.5 x 45.5 cm.) ID: MET-102 Unframed

Rembrant Van Rijn "Adam and Eve" 1638 Original etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper. A strong dark impression of Bartsch’s second and final state and Usticke’s only state. Signed and dated below image 6.5 x 4.75 inc 16.5 x 11.5 cm Bartsch 28 ii/ii, Hollstein 28, Hind 159, Bjorklund-Barnard 38-D, Usticke 28 Provenance From the collection of the Print Department of the Szefmuveszeti Museum (Musee des Beaux Arts), Budapest, with their collection stamp( Lugt 2000) From the collection of Wilhelm Theodor Moll (Lugt 1819a): Collector's stamp as belonging to Wilhelm Theodor Moll (Lugt 1819a). Wilhelm Theodor Moll was a German collector, dealer, and connoisseur of old master prints. His collection included works by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Dürer, and other major printmakers. His collector's mark is frequently encountered on impressions from distinguished nineteenth-century collections and is catalogued in the well-known collector's marks reference by Frits Lugt.Significance of the Stamp If this is indeed the Lugt 1819a mark, it can add an important layer of provenance to the etching: Demonstrates that the print passed through a recognized nineteenth-century collection. May help establish ownership history prior to modern sales records. Can support authenticity and collecting interest, particularly for Old Master prints. Collectors of Rembrandt prints often place considerable value on documented provenance through notable collections. Prov. Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco, circa 1982 Private collection, Utah, USA Acquired by the present owner, General Investment Group LLC, June 2026. Publication Daniel Daulby, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Rembrandt (Liverpool, 1796), p. 15, no. 29.M. le chev. de Claussin, Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l’œuvre de Rembrandt (Paris, 1824), p. 22, no. 34.Thomas Wilson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt (London, 1836), p. 46, no. 35.Charles Blanc, L’œuvre de Rembrandt (Paris, 1880), pp. 55-57, no. 1.Woldemar von Seidlitz, Die Radierungen Rembrandts (Leipzig, 1922), pp. 40-41 (ill.).Arthur M. Hind, A Catalogue of Rembrandt’s Etchings, 2 vols. (London, 1923), I:83, II:pl. 159.Ludwig Münz, Rembrandt’s Etchings , 2 vols. (London, 1952), I:pl. 197, II:87, no. 177.George Biörklund, Rembrandt’s Etchings: True and False (Stockholm, 1955), p. 70, no 38D (ill.).Karel G. Boon, Rembrandt: The Complete Etchings, trans. by Elizabeth Willems-Treeman (New York, 1963), pl. 140.G. W. Nowell-Usticke, Rembrandt’s Etchings: States and Values (Narberth, Pa. 1967), n.p., no. B28 (ill.).Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work, 2 vols. (London, 1969), II: 248, pl. 35.Christopher White and Karel G. Boon, Rembrandt’s Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue, 2 vols. (Amsterdam, 1977), I: 13, no. 28, II:17 (ill.).James N. Wood and Sally Ruth May...

Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Pershore, from Pensham hill", "A View of Shipston upon Stour", and "Kidderminster" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Three Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Sheet size (each): approx. 10.13" x 16.75" Image size (each): approx. 7" x 11.88" Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All three works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in (1799). And both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". All three, "A View of Pershore, from Pensham hill", "A View of Shipston upon Stour", and "Kidderminster" have an unidentified watermark in the center of their sheets resembling "XV". Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...

Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 39; Unidentified tree with moth, caterpillar and pupa. The Netherlands: 1705....

Produced in 1889 by Boussod, Valadon & Co., this original chromotypogravure entitled The Eiffel Tower presents the celebrated Parisian monument in the year of its completion. Pub...

The Roman general Mark Antony dies in the arms of his lover Cleopatra in this finely detailed engraving by Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808) after a 1763 painting by Pompeo Batoni (1708...

Resist ground etching and engraving on Rives heavyweight buff paper, 20 x 36 inches (508 x 914 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 103/160 in pencil, lower margin. Minor mat tone. A rich and finely printed impression of this complex and iconic work by Milton. Framed handsomely under Plexiglas with archival materials in a solid wood frame with silver finish. [Milton 98]. Milton states that in the evolution of his body of graphic work he found himself at point that necessitated the exertion of nerve in his subject matter. He found it imperative for growth to explore whether his compositions had previously been too polite, and through this process he experienced a great burst of artistic and psychic liberation. Milton refers to this awakening as a sort of adolescence, which he felt demanded a natural examination of mysteries of sexual awakening. Les Belles et La Bête...

An 18th century color printed in addition to hand colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering amaranthus p...

Stanley William Hayter, 'Diptych', color engraving and scorper, 1967, edition 50, Black & Moorhead 314. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '10/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors on antique-white wove BFK Rives paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches). Minor skinning and tape residue on the top and bottom sheet edges, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 13 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches (146 x 108 mm); sheet size 19 7/8 x 25 3/8 inches (394 x 292 mm). Hayter created this work using engraving and scorper on 2 plates, printed side by side. He used alkali blue, printed intaglio, and a phthalo green with a hard roller on the surface. The proofing was in three states, the first with engraving (a single proof); the second adding further engraving and scorper (a single proof); the third added further engraving and editioned: color trial proofs, 5 artist's proofs, edition of 50. The edition was completed in three printings: 8 in 1967; then Hector Saunier printed numbers 9 through 18 in 1968, and numbers 19 through 50 in 1969. This impression is from the Saunier 1968 printing. Note: the online image cannot accurately convey the vibrancy of the printed alkali blue/phthalo green. An impression of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated in this way included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen...