"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph by Jim Crabb

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"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

1977 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Silent Dancers" by Jim Crabb (American, … Read more "Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

1977 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Silent Dancers" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Lithograph featuring various anthropomorphic shapes clustered together and 'dancing.' Some of the shapes appear to be standing on the bottom of the composition, while others float and whirl in the air. There is an area of light spanning across the central horizon, creating an odd glowing atmosphere.

Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge:
Silent Dancers 7/28 J CRABB '77

Presented in a new cream mat.
Mat size: 16"H x 14"W
Paper size: 15.5"H x 11"W
Impression size: 2.5"H x 3.75"W

Jim Crabb is a painter and printmaker, was born in Merced, California. He received his M.A. in printmaking and B.A. in painting at San Jose State, and an A.A. in Fine Arts at San Jose City College. He studied with Geoffrey Bowman, John Hunter, Will Nelson, Al Barella, and Bruce Conner.

Crabb's work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including American Drawings in Black and White: 1970-1980, at the Brooklyn Museum, the Twenty-first National Print Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, as well as at the Redding Museum of Art, the San Jose Council of the Arts, the Basel Art Fair in Switzerland, 1976, and Georgia State University. Public collections holding Crabb's work include the Brooklyn Museum in New York, Wichita Art Museum in Kansas, the Redding Art Museum, the Crocker Museum, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California. See less