ATELIER17
Paris & New York
Bri&sh printmaker Stanley William Hayter opened a printmaking studio at 17 Rue Campagne-Première in Paris, France. Naming it Atelier 17, his aim was to create a space for ar&sts wan&ng to explore intaglio techniques in a non-academic seJng, one in which they could work alone or together without hierarchy Ar&sts from throughout Europe, the U.S., and beyond came to immerse themselves in the experimental nature of the studio, fostering an environment of collabora&on and discovery; soon, Atelier 17 had become one of the most significant studios in the history of fine printmaking.
For six decades, Atelier 17 weathered significant global changes and acted as a beacon for ar&sts needing a crea&ve haven in &mes of turmoil As World War II ramped up in Europe, Hayter relocated the studio to New York, allowing ar&sts fleeing persecu&on or the fallout of war to con&nue to make art and exhibit Developed in the age of European Surrealism and at the dawn of Abstract Expressionism, Atelier 17 effec&vely bolstered Modernism movements in the United States in a way that had not been seen before, aWrac&ng leading ar&sts from nearly every con&nent. In 1950, as Europe began recovering from the war, Hayter moved the studio back to Paris. It con&nued to operate as a collabora&ve workshop un&l its reforma&on into Atelier Contrepoint in 1988, which s&ll operates today.
Notable ar&sts who worked at Atelier 17 include Max Ernst, Joseph Hecht, Joan Miro, Leonor Fini, Marc Chagall, Roderick Mead, John Buckland-Wright, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Helen Phillips, Krishna Reddy, Jackson Pollock, Alice Trumbull Mason, and Robert Motherwell, among many others
This exhibi&on illustrates a small sample of works by the students of Atelier 17 offered by the Annex, who for over forty years has strived to illuminate the incredible output that emerged from the important ins&tu&on. This collec&on ranges from the 1940s to the 1970s and includes original fine prints, drawings, and sculpture.
Click on the inventory number in the descrip&on for each image to see or purchase the work on our website.
The Artists:
George Ball……………………. 4
Fred Becker……………………. 5
Worden Day.………………….. 6
Claire Falkenstein......……….. 7
Salvatore Grippi……………… 8
Terry Haass……………………..9
Stanley William Hayter………10-12
Ian Hugo……………………….. 13
Masuko Ikeda…………………. 14
Mauricio Lasansky……………. 15
Roberto Matta………………….16
Seong Moy…………………….. 17
Malcolm H. Myers……………. 18
Harold Paris……………………. 19
Roland Petersen………………..20
Krishna Reddy………………….21
Juichi Saito…………………….. 22
Louis Schanker………………… 23
Doris Seidler…………………… 24
Kurt Sonderborg……………… 25
Ferdinand Springer……………26
Roger Vieillard………………… 27
George Ball (American: 1929 – 2010)
Torrent ”
Mixed technique intaglio, printed in color, 1967; 11-3/8 x 15-1/8” platemark; pencil signed, titled, and dated; inscribed “Essai” (trial proof); total edition size not stated; printed by the artist on cream Arches wove paper. Inventory number MASC126. $1,000.00
Fred G. Becker (American: 1913 – 2004)
“Insectivore”
Open bite softground etching, carborundum, and engraving on a magnesium plate, 1950; 15-7/8 x 12” platemark; pencil signed, titled, and dated; unnumbered proof from the initial campaign of 10 or fewer impressions (edition of 22 published in 1999); printed by the artist at Atelier 17, NY; on cream Van Gelder Zonen Holland wove paper. Inv. no. 24728. $2,500.00
Worden Day (American: 1916 – 1986)
“Mandala VII”
Five-color woodcut printed on black paper, 1964; 18- ½ x 23-1/4” image size; pencil signed, titled, and editioned 100/200; printed by the artist on black Japanese Moriki paper; published by the International Graphic Arts Society, Inc. (IGAS); ref erence.: IGAS catalogue, Series No. 60, Sept. 1964. Inv. no. 16210. $1,200.00
Claire Falkenstein (American: 1908 – 1997)
Plate VII from the ‘ Struttura Grafica ’ portfolio
Collagraph in two colors, 1963; 18 x 26-3/8” platemark; pencil signed in the upper right margin and editioned XXIC/XXX, outside of the regular edition of 70; printed by Edizioni D’Arte Grafica Uno, Milan, IT; on ivory CM Fabriano wove paper; published by Giorgio Upiglio and Edizioni D’Arte Grafica Uno. Inv. no. 25017. $1,500.00
Salvatore Grippi (American: 1921 – 2017)
“Prometheus III”
Lift-ground etching and engraving, 1952; 11-3/4 x 13-3/4” platemark; pencil signed, titled, and dated; edition size not stated, presumed quite limited; printed by the artist on ivory wove paper. Inv. no. GRIPPI108. $1,500.00
Terry Haass (Czech/American: 1923 - 2016)
“Curved Space”
Clear acrylic sculpture, 1976; 12-5/8 x 7-3/4 x 3” mounted on a 3-3/4 x 1” round black acrylic base; signature etched into the bottom of the base; unique; ref.: Terry Haass: Licht und Raum - Hommage a Albert Einstein, Museum Bochum, exhibition catalogue, 1977/’78, p. 31. Inv. no. 18644. $2,000.00
Stanley William Hayter (British: 1901 – 1988) “Warriors (Guerriers)”
Color engraving, soft-ground etching, and scorper, 1953; 18-3/4 x 13-3/16” platemark; pencil signed, titled, and dated; unnumbered proof, from an edition of 200; state iv/iv; printed by the artist at Atelier 17, Paris; on cream Johannot wove paper; ref.: Black & Moorhead (B&M) 211. Inv. no. 11240. $2,800.00
Stanley William Hayter
“Palimpsest”
Color zinc intaglio with sugar-lift, soft-ground etching, scorper, and three silkscreens, 1946; 9 x 7” platemark; pencil signed, dated, and editioned, 14/60; state iii/iii; printed by the artist at Atelier 17, NY; antique-white Kochi laid paper; ref.: B&M 211. Inv. no. 23968. $3,500.00
Stanley William Hayter
“
Night Moth
”
(Laurels Number One)
Color zinc plate aquatint, engraving, soft-ground etching, scorper, and two silkscreens, 1946; 5-7/8 x 4-7/16” platemark; pencil signed and annotated “Trial Print,” trial proof outside of the edition of 300; printed by the artist at Atelier 17, NY; on Koichi laid paper; published by Laurels Number One (NY, May 1947, tipped-in) for the editioned print; ref: B&M 171. Inv. no. 24220. $2,500.00
Ian Hugo (American: 1898 – 1985)
“Jungle Book”
Engraving and soft-ground etching, 1941; 7-3/8 x 9-7/8” platemark; pencil signed, dated, and editioned V/XXX; printed by the artist at Atelier 17, NY; on heavy antiquewhite wove paper; ref.: British Museum no. 1987,0516.56. Inv. no. 18010. $950.00
Masuko Ikeda (Japanese , born China : 1934 – 1997)
“Mine and Yours 1”
Drypoint and roulette with colors, printed chine collé, 1963; 14-1/4 x 13-1/4”
platemark; pencil signed, dated, and editioned, 8/20; printed by the artist on thin Japanese laid paper collaged to cream Rives wove paper; ref: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, P00542. Inv. no. 20289. $4,500.00
Mauricio Lasansky (American, born Argentina: 1914 – 2012)
“El Pajaro” (The Bird)
Engraving and etching with aquatint, soft-ground, burnishing, drypoint, and varnish resist, 1948; 28-13/16 x 22-1/4” platemark; pencil signed, titled, and editioned, 40/50; printed by the on ivory wove paper; ref.: Thein/Lasansky 84; Zigrosser 80. Inv. no. 22389. $2,500.00
Roberto
Sebastian Matta (Chilean: 1911 – 2002)
“Flute et Flutiste”
Six-color etching and aquatint, 1969; 21-3/4 x 16-3/8” platemark; pencil signed and editioned, 94/99; printed by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris (label on verso with title and date) on cream Lana 1590 wove paper; published by L’Oeuvre Gravée (blindstamp in lower left); ref.: Sebatier 211; L’Oeuvre Gravee 558. Inv. no. 13270. $1,700.00
Seong Moy (American, born China: 1921 – 2013)
“Winter’s Path”
Color woodcut, 1954; 31-3/4 x 12-1/8” image size; pencil signed, titled, dated, and editioned, 115/210; printed by the artist on Japanese handmade laid paper; published by the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS); ref.: IGAS #65; Syracuse 163. Inv. no. 16439. $1,200.00
Malcolm H. Myers (American: 1917 – 2002)
“The Magic Forest”
Color etching, open bite, soft-ground, color stencil, and gold leaf, 1961; 23-11/16 x 25-13/16” platemark; pencil signed, titled, dated, and editioned, 10/15; printed by the artist on sturdy cream wove paper; ref.: “Malcolm H. Myers: Five Decades,” University of Minnesota exhibition catalog, 1996 (illus. P. 12). Inv. no. 24730. $1,900.00
Harold Persico Paris (American: 1925 – 1979)
“In the Garden” – from the Hosannah Suite Lucite engraving (unique proof), ca. 1955; 11-14/16 x 14-5/8” platemark and paper size; signed in the plate, lower left, in relief; only impression in color; some black and white impressions; printed by the artist on antique-white wove paper; ref.: Portland 16a/b. Inv. no. 17524. $2,000.00
Roland Petersen (American , born Denmark, 1926)
Untitled abstraction
Etching, soft-ground etching, and engraving, ca. 1951; 4-11/16 x 14-1/2” platemark; pencil initialed and editioned, 2/12; printed by the artist on antique-white wove paper. Inv. no. MASC194. $1,200.00
Krishna Reddy (American, born India: 1925 – 2018)
“Le tronc de l’arbre” (The tree trunk)
Mixed-technique intaglio printed in colors using simultaneous printing (viscosity), 1962; 14-11/16 x 18-1/2” platemark; pencil signed and editioned, 27/65; printed by the artist cream Arches wove paper; published by Circle Graphics (chop, lower left); ref.: Sengupta, index of works, p. 128. Inv. no. PAMI120. $2,500.00
Juichi Saito (Japanese: 1931 – 1992)
Untitled abstraction
Mixed-technique intaglio printed in colors using simultaneous printing (viscosity), c. 1960; 17-1/4 x 21-1/2” platemark; pencil signed and editioned, 1/20; printed by the artist ivory wove paper. Inv. no. STSM112. $1,250.00
Louis Schanker (American: 1903 – 1981) “Dancer” – a.k.a. “Indian Dance”
Color woodcut, 1944; 12 x 19-9/16” image size; pencil signed, titled, and editioned, 11/25; printed by the artist on thin, cream wove paper; ref.: Brooklyn Museum 62. Inv. no. 18001. $2,500.00
(American, born England: 1912 - 2010)
Untitled abstraction
Ink drawing on paper, 1968; 13-/16 x 16-5/8” image size; ink signed and dated; on cream wove paper. Inv. no. DOS130. $2,500.00
Doris Seidler
Kurt Sonderborg (Danish: 1923 – 2008) “Composition”
Color aquatint, 1958; 16-3/4 x 22” platemark; pencil signed, dated, and editioned, 59/75; printed by the artist on ivory BFK Rives wove paper; ref.: MOMA #635, 2006 exhibition catalogue, “Eye on Europe,” p. 16, fig. 1. Inv. no. 21174. $1,100.00
Ferdinand Springer (French , born Germany : 1907 – 1998)
“Promethee IV” – from the Giorgos Seferis portfolio
Mixed technique color intaglio, 1947 (published 1962); 15-9/16 x 11-5/8” platemark; pencil signed and editioned, 43/90; printed by Willy Steinert on Auvergne a la Main 1326/Richard de Bas wove paper; published by Edition de Beauclair, Frankfurt (chop, lower margin); ref.: Hofchen 35. Inv. no. 20965. $1,500.00
Roger Vieill ard (French: 1907 – 1989)
“ Ruine de temple,” a.k.a. “La destruction du Temple”
Engraving, 1975; 14-11/16 x 10-15/16” platemark; pencil signed and editioned, 54/200; state viii/viii; printed by the artist on ivory Rives wove paper; ref.: Guerin & Rault 590. Inv. no. 22375. $1,200.00
