Lot 638: Sold for £150 hammer
A Two Day Selected Fine Art & Antiques Auction to include Silver & Jewellery,
Thursday 18th July 2024 - Friday 19th July 2024
Stanley William Hayter CBE (1901-1988) 'Il Commendatore' the character from the opera, Don Giovanni, limited edition colour print, 100/100, signed and dated '80 in pencil, 62cm by 52cm. Stanley William Hayter CBE was an English painter and master printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the influential Atelier 17 studio in Paris. Since his death in 1988, it has been known as Atelier Contrepoint. (ARR)