Blue Crabs
Blue Crabs

Currently not on view

Blue Crabs,

1939

George Constant, American, 1892-1978
x1941-18

Information

Title
Blue Crabs
Dates

1939

Maker
George Constant
Medium
Etching, drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 30.2 x 28 cm. (11 7/8 x 11 in.) sheet: 35.6 x 44.2 cm. (14 x 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Federal Art Project, W.P.A. Loan
Object Number
x1941-18
Signatures
In plate, lower left: G. CONSTANT In graphite, lower right below plate G CONSTANT
Inscription
In graphite, lower center: BLUE CRABS/ 2/ 3/4 x 23 1/2
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp, lower left below plate: FEDERAL ART PROJECT/ NYC/ WPA
Culture
American
Type
prints, etchings
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
sand, crabs, blue

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