Study of a Crab (Étude de crabe)

1991

Erik Desmazières

Artist, French, born 1948

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and roulette on Tiepolo Fabriano wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.85 × 23.81 cm (11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.58 × 37.94 cm (19 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.182.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fitch 1981-2011, no. 134

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Faya Causey, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • Fitch, Andrew, ed. Erik Desmazières: Etchings, 1991-2001. New York: Fitch-Febvrel Gallery, 2001, no. 134.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 15/90; lower center in graphite: étude de crabe; lower right in graphite: Erik Desmazières 1991

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