Le couple (The Couple)

1952

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: color engraving and softground etching on wove paper
Dimensions: plate: 44.3 × 29.4 cm (17 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.) sheet: 64.6 × 51.3 cm (25 7/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2012.92.110
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Le couple (The Couple) — Stanley William Hayter. 1952.

Medium: color engraving and softground etching on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 44.3 × 29.4 cm (17 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.) sheet: 64.6 × 51.3 cm (25 7/16 × 20 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.92.110. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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