STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER, 1946

Night Moth, from Laurels Number One portfolio, 1901-1988
Engraving with aquatint, etching and scorper in colors, on Kochi paper, with full margins, I. 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.9 x 11.4 cm); S. 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.9 cm). signed and numbered 144/300 in pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by the Laurel Gallery, New York, the palest light-staining, a spot of stray printing ink in the upper margin (at the platemark), a small foxmark at the upper left margin, minor soiling in the margins, pale mat staining along the left and right edges, adhesive remains at the upper center and reverse of the center left and right edges, otherwise in very good condition, unframed.

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