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Jim Crabb Art

American, b. 1947
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.
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Artist: Jim Crabb
"just another..." - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"just another..." - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"just another..." - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"just another..." - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "just another..." by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Small lithographic relief, fea...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Sometimes is forever" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Sometimes is forever" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Sometimes is forever" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Sometimes is forever" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Sometimes is forever" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, with various biomorphic objects floating in the sky. Some of them resemble coral, growing vertically. Others look like microscopic organisms, with stringy tails. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: Sometimes is forever 16/50 J CRABB...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"day between" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"day between" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"day between" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"day between" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "day between" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Small lithographic relief, depicting s...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"4 - U proof" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"4 - U proof" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"4 - U proof" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"4 - U proof" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "4 - U proof" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a narrow, surreal...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Rabbit" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, with b...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper depicting ascending figures by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). The figures are made up ...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"A state of mine" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"A state of mine" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"A state of mine" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"A state of mine" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "A state of mine" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "femme fatal" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landsca...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

"One mile left" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"One mile left" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"One mile left" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"One mile left" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "One mile left" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece ...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Arian Moon Chance" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Arian Moon Chance" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Arian Moon Chance" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Arian Moon Chance" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Arian Moon Chance" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Surrealist figures appear ...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper Surrealist lithograph titled "The Waiting" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947-). Black and white surrealist figures take up the pape...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper Black and white surrealist lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Abstracted figures take up the paper, with a pop of go...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976
"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976

"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976 Surrealist landscape with creatures by James C. Crabb (American, b. 1947). There is a low horizon, with objects that ...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Pigment, Lithograph

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"lost + found" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "lost + found" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece features an arachnid-like...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist figurative lithograph on paper by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Black spotted figures appear to be ascending upward, ...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Departure #6" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Departure #6" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Departure #6" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Departure #6" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Departure #6" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal lands...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Ink, Lithograph, Laid Paper

"T.A.M.P. #3" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"T.A.M.P. #3" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"T.A.M.P. #3" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"T.A.M.P. #3" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "T.A.M.P #3" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscap...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper
"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper

"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Avant Hier" - Lithograph on Paper Abstract expressionist lithograph on paper depicting figures, with clouds of white by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Hues of brown take up the pap...

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1970s Contemporary Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

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

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

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"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...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Silent Dancers" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1977 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Silent Dancers" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Lithograph featuring various ant...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"Sticky Sonnets I + II" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Sticky Sonnets I + II" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Sticky Sonnets I + II" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Sticky Sonnets I + II" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Sticky Sonnets I + II" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembl...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"It's just a shadow" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"It's just a shadow" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"It's just a shadow" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"It's just a shadow" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "It's just a shadow" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a s...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"ssssch" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"ssssch" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"ssssch" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"ssssch" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "ssssch" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, with a...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"freedom?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"freedom?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"freedom?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"freedom?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "ssssch" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece features a variety of lines and for...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper
"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper

"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph titled "No Exit-ing" by Jim Crabb (American b. 1947). Abstracted figures of black, white and grey take up the lit...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"41 Budmen" - 1975 Lithograph on Paper
"41 Budmen" - 1975 Lithograph on Paper

"41 Budmen" - 1975 Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"41 Budmen" - 1975 Lithograph on Paper Black and white figurative lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Numerous abstracted figures take up the paper, with black, white and g...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Alice Monday Morn" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece gives the impression of looking through a tunnel or cave to see biomorphic objects. Some of them look like bugs, cells, or worms. Several of the shapes are connected by a thin line, implying a rope of some other mechanism. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: Alice Monday Morn 11/20 J Crabb...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975
"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975

"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975 In this etching, a figure in soft blue could be interpreted as the sculptor surrounded by their creations by James C. Cr...

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1970s Post-War Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Etching, Screen

"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper
"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper

"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper 1975 Black and white surrealist lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Black linear figures are depicted over a white b...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper Black and white surrealist lithograph on paper depicting large figurative objects on a black surface. The ombre sky fades to d...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper
"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper

"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper Purple and tan lithograph depicting abstracted figures floating in space by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Abstracted figures take up the page, ...

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1970s Modern Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"backwards facing" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"backwards facing" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"backwards facing" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"backwards facing" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "backwards facing" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, with various biomorphic objects floating in the sky. Some of them resemble coral, growing vertically. Others look like microscopic organisms, with stringy tails. In this piece there appear to be cracks or portals in the landscape. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: backwards facing 8/25 J CRABB...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "cocoons?" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece features a variety of lines and f...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "T.H.U.M.P." by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, but strange creatures and biomorphic shapes. There are similarities to deep sea organisms, trees, and clouds, but they are all from the imagination of the artist. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: T.H.U.M.P. 9/75 4/9 J Crabb...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Sundays Garden" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
"Sundays Garden" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

"Sundays Garden" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Sundays Garden" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1975 surrealist lithograph on paper depicting ascending string like figures by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). The black and wh...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Lithograph #15/16 1978
"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Lithograph #15/16 1978

"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Lithograph #15/16 1978

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Etching #15/16, 1978 Surrealist landscape with creatures by James C. Crabb (American, b. 1947). There is a low horizon, with objects that resemble mushrooms, coral, and trees growing from the ground. In the sky, there are other objects and creatures, some of which are recognizable as biological. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: Triangular Sunset Situation 15/16 J Crabb...

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1970s Surrealist Jim Crabb Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper
"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper

"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper

By Jim Crabb

Located in Soquel, CA

"N5/30" - Lithograph on Paper Black and white figurative lithograph depicting figures in water with white smoke ascending upwards by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Titled " N5/30" ...

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1970s Contemporary Jim Crabb Art

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

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