"Not the sun!" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Not the sun!" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal ocean or landscape, with various biomorphic objects floating in the sky. Some of them resemble coral, growing vertically. Others look like microscopic organisms, with stringy tails. The image is printed in a beautiful, warm blue tone.

Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge:
Not the sun! 6/25 J CRABB '76

Presented in a new blue grey mat.
Mat size: 16"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15"H x 11.25"W
Impression size: 3"H x 2"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.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Very good condition. Mat is new.

Origin:
United States

Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph

Details:
Art Subjects: Abstract
Frame Type: Unframed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: United States

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Very good condition. Mat is new.