Stanley William Hayter
Le Sorcier (Wizard)

Le Sorcier (Wizard)
Le Sorcier (Wizard)
Le Sorcier (Wizard)
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Le Sorcier (Wizard)
Date1953
PlaceEngland
MediumEngraving and soft ground etching on paper, edition 26/50
DimensionsPlate: 19 5/16 × 15 9/16 in. (49 × 39.5 cm)
Sheet: 25 3/16 × 19 3/8 in. (64 × 49.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alvin S. Romansky.
Object number91.1712
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Singular and Plural: Recent Accessions, Post-War Drawings and Prints," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 6—August 8, 1992.

“Stanley William Hayter, Master Printmaker,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 16—June 12, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, lower left: 26/50
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower center: Sorcier
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, lower right: SWHayter 50
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: 15 [circled] / 8043
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, lower right: SWHayter 50
Verso: Watermark, right bottom edge: BFK RIVES
Verso: Watermark, left top edge: BFK RIVES
Catalogue raisonnéBlack & Moorhead 209

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