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Famille Japonaise
Maker
Stanley William Hayter
(England, 1901 - 1988)
Publisher
St. George's Gallery
(England, established 1895)
Date1955
MediumAquatint and etching, printed with viscosity (simultaneous color) on paper
DimensionsIMAGE: 14 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.
IMAGE: 368 x 249 mm
SHEET: 26 1/2 x 20 5/8 in.
SHEET: 672 x 516 mm
IMAGE: 368 x 249 mm
SHEET: 26 1/2 x 20 5/8 in.
SHEET: 672 x 516 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Editionartist's proof; edition of 100
Object number2019.189
On View
Not on view• Hayter created this print around the time that he and Indian artists Krishna Reddy and Kaiko Moti developed a method for producing multiple impressions from a simultaneous color/viscosity print. This impression is one of four color trial proofs done in addition to the published edition of one hundred. The impressions were made in Atelier 17, with St. George’s Gallery in London as the publisher.
• The printing record for this work reads: “intaglio black, roller red violet through stencil, roller blue through stencil, roller yellow through stencil.” It is an early example of the use of soft rollers to lay colors of lower viscosity over colors already applied to the surface of the plate, using stencils to offset the colors.
• St. George’s Gallery Books was a bookshop in London established by Agatha Sadler around 1950. It specialized in rare art books and exhibited the works of many printmakers from Atelier 17. The gallery closed in the early 1990s.
• The printing record for this work reads: “intaglio black, roller red violet through stencil, roller blue through stencil, roller yellow through stencil.” It is an early example of the use of soft rollers to lay colors of lower viscosity over colors already applied to the surface of the plate, using stencils to offset the colors.
• St. George’s Gallery Books was a bookshop in London established by Agatha Sadler around 1950. It specialized in rare art books and exhibited the works of many printmakers from Atelier 17. The gallery closed in the early 1990s.
