Amagansett

Stanley William Hayter, Amagansett, 1944, pen and ink and watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1969.58.2
Stanley William Hayter, Amagansett, 1944, pen and ink and watercolor on paper, sheet: 26 1⁄4 x 39 3⁄4 in. (66.7 x 101.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1969.58.2

Artwork Details

Title
Amagansett
Artist
Date
1944
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 26 1⁄4 x 39 3⁄4 in. (66.7 x 101.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
pen and ink and watercolor on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1969.58.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1969.58.2

Artwork Description

In 1940, Hayter moved from Paris to New York, where he re-established his renowned Paris printmaking workshop, Atelier 17. Amagansett refers to the Long Island fishing town where Hayter, his wife, and two young sons spent time at the shore. This drawing suggests a child on the beach and adult figure in the foreground in spite of the highly abstract treatment of line. Hayter practiced the surrealist technique of automatic drawing, or allowing the subconscious to guide one’s hand, but this drawing shows that he often had a specific subject in mind.

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Stanley William Hayter, Victime, 1943-1946, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.34
Victime
Artist
Date1943-1946
oil on canvas
On view
Stanley William Hayter, Allegro, from the portfolio "Peace Portfolio I", 1970, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 2000.9.2.7
Allegro, from the portfolio ​“Peace Portfolio I”
Artist
Date1970
screenprint
Not on view
Stanley William Hayter, Maternité, 1940, engraving, softground and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1970.8
Maternité
Artist
Date1940
engraving, softground and screenprint on paper
Not on view
Stanley William Hayter, August, 1945, pen and ink, watercolor and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1969.58.1
August
Artist
Date1945
pen and ink, watercolor and crayon on paper
Not on view

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