Death by Water

1948

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving and scorper
Dimensions: Plate: 14 × 23 1/4 in. (35.6 × 59.1 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 in. × 26 in. (44.5 × 66 cm)
Collection no.: 1983.1141.2
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Death by Water — Stanley William Hayter. 1948.

Medium: Engraving and scorper. Dimensions: Plate: 14 × 23 1/4 in. (35.6 × 59.1 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 in. × 26 in. (44.5 × 66 cm).

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

Credit line: Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1983.

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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