Tropic of Cancer

1949

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving, soft-ground etching, roulette, scraper, deep etching, and scorper
Dimensions: Plate: 21 3/4 × 27 3/8 in. (55.2 × 69.5 cm) Sheet: 27 1/8 × 33 3/8 in. (68.9 × 84.8 cm)
Collection no.: 53.603
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Tropic of Cancer — Stanley William Hayter. 1949.

Medium: Engraving, soft-ground etching, roulette, scraper, deep etching, and scorper. Dimensions: Plate: 21 3/4 × 27 3/8 in. (55.2 × 69.5 cm) Sheet: 27 1/8 × 33 3/8 in. (68.9 × 84.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Wittelsey Fund, 1953.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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