North Sea Crab in a Wooden Box

Charles Donker

1972 · Etching; third state of three; 29/50 · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Charles Donker

Date

1972

Medium

Etching; third state of three; 29/50

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Ann and Byron Reimus, 2018