Centauresse

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Centauresse
Centauresse
Artist/Maker Stanley William Hayter British, 1901 – 1988
Date1944
MediumEngraving and soft-ground etching with stencil inking
DimensionsComposition: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (30.2 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LinePurchase
Object number1989.19
Not on view
Description"Centauresse" refers to a female centaur, a mythical creature from Greek mythology.
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Published ReferencesDavid Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992): Rebecca L. Coris "Stanley William Hayter," 24, [checklist] 62. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Friends of Art Newsletter," vol. 1, no. 3, April 1990, "Acquisitions."

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Works," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 14).
Provenance 1989: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), purchase by private sale.
Published References David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992): Rebecca L. Coris "Stanley William Hayter," 24, [checklist] 62.

Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Friends of Art Newsletter," vol. 1, no. 3, April 1990, "Acquisitions."
Signature Signed and dated in pencil under composition at lower right: Stanley Hayter 44
Inscribed Editioned in pencil under composition fat left: 4/35; entitled in pencil under composition at lower center: Centauresse; in pencil at lower left corner: 5944; in pencil at lower right corner: PAX 25.1
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Image Not Available for Green K
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Gloria Garfinkel
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Image Not Available for Survivor's Wake
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Date: c. 1938
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
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Medium: Soft-ground etching
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André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Soft-ground etching
Object number: 1992.46.2
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Date: 1961
Medium: Color stencil
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Date: 1967
Medium: Color stencil print on paper
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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John Baldessari
Date: 1992
Medium: Photogravure and drypoint with painted stencils, embossing, and hand-coloring
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