Crab on its Back
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| Dutch: Een op zijn rug liggende krab | |
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| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Catalogue | F 605 |
| Type | Still life |
| Material | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 38 cm × 46.5 cm (15 in × 18.3 in) |
| Location | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Crab on its Back (Dutch: Een op zijn rug liggende krab) is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It is a still life of a crab lying on its back with a green background. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1]
The painting is possibly inspired by a Japanese print of a crab by Hokusai that Van Gogh had seen in the magazine Le Japon Artistique, that his brother Theo van Gogh had sent him in September 1888.[1][2]
Related work
Van Gogh also painted Two Crabs (1889), a still life with two crabs of which one is lying on its back, which is on display in the National Gallery in London.[2]
Two Crabs (1889)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crab on its Back, 1888, Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved on 16 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Two Crabs, National Gallery. Retrieved on 17 July 2014.
External links
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