Stanley William Hayter
Cheiromancy

Cheiromancy
Cheiromancy
Cheiromancy
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Cheiromancy
Date1935
MediumEngraving on wove paper, edition 6/30
DimensionsPlate: 7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.5 × 14.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (32.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number81.77
Not on view

Explore Further

Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“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: 6/30
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, lower center: Cheiromancy
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: SWHayter 35
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: Sork 3 [possibly]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: SWHayter 35
Watermark: [None]
Catalogue raisonnéBlack & Moorhead 89

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Agnes luttants (Angels Wrestling)
Stanley William Hayter
1950
Engraving and soft ground etching on wove paper, edition 30/50
94.398
Le Viol de Lucrêce (Rape of Lucretia)
Stanley William Hayter
1934
Engraving and soft ground etching on laid paper, edition 12/30
90.308
Oedipe (Oedipus)
Stanley William Hayter
1934
Embossed etching and roulette on laid paper, edition 12/30
81.76
Personnages ailées (Winged Figures)
Stanley William Hayter
1952
Engraving, soft ground etching, and offset stenciled and offset woodblock in colors on wove paper, edition 5/90
75.447.5
Augy's Foot [Greeting card for 1940-1941, second version]
Stanley William Hayter
1940
Engraving and soft ground etching on wove paper
75.447.2
Untitled [Greeting card for 1946-1947]
Stanley William Hayter
1946
Engraving and soft ground etching on wove paper
75.447.4
Night Moth
Stanley William Hayter
1947
Engraving, aquatint, and offset stenciled colors on laid paper, edition 166/300
51.32
Untitled [Greeting card for 1936-1937]
Stanley William Hayter
1936
Engraving on laid paper, edition 15/50
81.79
Cirque Chinois (Chinese Circus)
Stanley William Hayter
1976
Engraving and soft ground etching in yellow, and stenciled offset in colors on paper, edition 17/75
81.93
Le Sorcier (Wizard)
Stanley William Hayter
1953
Engraving and soft ground etching on paper, edition 26/50
91.1712
Père Lachaise
Stanley William Hayter
1930
Drypoint on wove paper, edition 41/50
66.21.4
Place Falguière
Stanley William Hayter
1930
Drypoint with roulette on wove paper, edition 41/50
66.21.5