Défaite (Defeat) (1938)

Stanley William Hayter

engraving, open-bite etching and soft-ground etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Abstract composition with sculptural forms in landscape. Engraving, open-bite etching and soft-ground etching, 1938. Signed and dated on plate. Signed, dated, titled, annotated: "E 4/5" and with image description.

Technique:

Etching, Engraving

Dimensions:

15.5 x 29.7 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.47

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1938; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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