Afternoon Nap , 1936
7.8 x 6.8 in (h x w)
Etching on wove paper; collection of Helen and Dick Reway

Hatton considered this tender image of a sleeping child to be one of her best prints. The artist captures this fleeting and intimate moment with the compelling immediacy and economy of her line. In the process of wiping the printing plate before printing, a thin veil of ink was left on areas of the plate’s surface to create an atmospheric effect and sense of spatial volume when printed. The practice of this kind of creative, autographic wiping was popularized during the Etching Revival and was believed to endow a print with artistic authenticity.

Weitere Kunstwerke von Clara Hatton

Red Tree , 1940
13.9 x 18 in (h x w)
Oil on canvas board
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Landscape , 1940
8.5 x 11.5 in (h x w)
Watercolor with graphite
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Pasture Lot , ca. 1940
7.1 x 9.1 in (h x w)
Lithograph on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Bowersock Mills , 1936
5 x 7 in (h x w)
Drypoint on machine-laid paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Shambles Restaurant , 1935/1970
6.8 x 4.8 in (h x w)
Wood engraving on wove paper; Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, CSU, gift of John and Yvonne Berland, 2006.337
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art

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Season's Greetings , 1941
4 x 2.2 in (h x w)
Etching on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Still life with floral arrangement and black pottery , 1940
14.8 x 18.1 in (h x w)
Watercolor with graphite on paper; collection of Susan Elizabeth Gillin
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Red Tree , 1940
13.9 x 18 in (h x w)
Oil on canvas board
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Landscape , 1940
8.5 x 11.5 in (h x w)
Watercolor with graphite
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Pasture Lot , ca. 1940
7.1 x 9.1 in (h x w)
Lithograph on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art