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Stanley William Hayter, augy's foot

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soft-ground etching with engraving, 1940, initialed, and inscribed For Julian Levy Good Luck Bill, numbered 52/100, on wove paper, with full margins, in good condition, 70 x 100mm.

***This charming engraving was sent as a greeting card to celebrate the birth of Stanley William Hayter's second son Augy. The impressed footprint was created by Hayter pressing his son's foot into a soft-ground covering the etching plate, once bitten in an acid bath the etching plate held the foot print perfectly..

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