L'Etoile de L'Occident

1955

Ralston Crawford

Associated Names
Ralston Crawford

Artist, American, born Canada, 1906 - 1978

The image contains a variety of geometric shapes connected by black lines. The composition suggests familiar objects like windows or cityscape elements, with an oval shape and rectangular forms. The color palette includes muted red, beige, and gray, contributing to the abstraction and depth of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.8 x 42.5 cm (10 9/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 38.3 x 57 cm (15 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.378

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Freeman 1963, 55.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Aaron Galleries, Chicago); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 10, 1999; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Freeman, Richard B. The Lithographs of Ralston Crawford. Univ. of Kentucky Press, 1962.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 18/30; lower right in graphite: Ralston Crawford; lower center in graphite: L'Etoile de L'Occident

Wikidata ID

Q76355753

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