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Artworks
Joseph Hecht 1891-1951
Fawnetching on paper5.5 x 4.5(upper right): 'Hecht'1987-133@Joseph Hecht estatePhoto: Bridgeman imagesHecht arrived in Paris in 1920 and specialised in engraving, later teaching the burin technique to Stanley William Hayter, with whom he later co-founded the experimental workshop, Atelier 17. In...Hecht arrived in Paris in 1920 and specialised in engraving, later teaching the burin technique to Stanley William Hayter, with whom he later co-founded the experimental workshop, Atelier 17. In this period, Hecht focused on engravings of animal figures, published in Paris in various collections between 1926 and 1939.Provenance
presented by W.L.Goldstein 1986Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 50.