Etching on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/stanley-william-hayter-1257" aria-label="More by Stanley William Hayter" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Stanley William Hayter</a>
Pillars
Purchased 1981
abstraction
architecture
colour
column
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
geometric
irregular forms
man-made
non-representational
pattern
paper print etching
Pillars
image: 591 × 425 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07471</b> PILLARS 1974 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hayter-ripple-p07470" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07470</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hayter-hang-glider-p07476" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07476</span></a>;complete]
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<br/>Inscribed ‘SW Hayter 74’ bottom right and ‘Pillars’ and ‘Essai’
<br/>Etching, printed by the artist with Hector Saunier and published by Gemini Gallery, Florida in an edition of 50, 23 1/4×16 3/4 (59× 42.5)
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<p>These seven <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etchings</span></a> [<span>P07470</span>-<span>P07476</span>] are printed in colour by the method Hayter has evolved over many years of experimentation. He uses <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> line (see ‘Cirque Chinois’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hayter-cirque-chinois-p07473" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07473</span></a>]) as well as hard-ground etching and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/aquatint" title="Glossary definition for 'Aquatint'"><span>aquatint</span></a> and applies colour to the plate both wiped in in the usual way, and rolled onto the surface of the plate in different viscosities enabling him to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> a number of different colour in a single pass through the press. The colour blend in ‘Chute’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hayter-chute-p07472" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07472</span></a>] from red to yellow, green and deep blue is an outstanding example, and illustrates Hayter's ability to control the shades of colour produced by the overlay of his inks-yet further widening the colour range in a single printing.</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction architecture colour column emotions, concepts and ideas features formal qualities from recognisable sources geometric irregular forms man-made non-representational pattern