North Sea Crab in a Wooden Box
Charles Donker is one of the foremost contemporary Dutch printmakers. He is a member of a group called De Luis (The Louse), a group of graphic artists who since the 60s have been making works in a surrealist or heightened realist idiom. He has long been fascinated by the natural world and created a number of images of dead animals.The Crab in a Box is one of his best known prints. The image of a crab incongruously occupying the entire space of a deep box borders on the surreal.
Artwork Details
- Title: North Sea Crab in a Wooden Box
- Artist: Charles Donker (Dutch, born 1940)
- Date: 1972
- Medium: Etching; third state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (32.5 × 23.3 cm)
Plate: 8 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (20.5 × 20.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Ann Reimus, in memory of Dorothy Shannon and in honor of the Chiotakis family, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.905.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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