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The Fabulous Crustacean
Lawrence Edward Kupferman (American, 1909–1982)
1947
Medium/Technique
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 57.7 x 76.1 cm (22 11/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession Number48.286
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Signed
The work is signed in both vertical and horizontal orientations.
InscriptionsRecto, lower left and bottom center in black pen and ink: Kupferman.
On verso in black pen and ink:
Squilla desmaresti aplysia punctata
#DG:251.K
"THE FABULOUS CRUSTACEAN"
November 28, 1947
Lawrence Kupferman--
On verso in black pen and ink:
Squilla desmaresti aplysia punctata
#DG:251.K
"THE FABULOUS CRUSTACEAN"
November 28, 1947
Lawrence Kupferman--
Provenance1948, sold by Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston to the MFA for $150. (Accession date: March 11, 1948)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.