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Ralston Crawford Art

American, 1906-1978
Ralston Crawford ( Canadian/American, 1906-1978) was a Canadian born American painter and printmaker recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the movement of Precisionism, a style that stressed flat colors, sharp edges with little texture, and embraced industrial images, such as grain elevators, bridges, railroads, and factory scenes, often reducing theses subjects to their essential geometric forms. Crawford also worked in the medium of photography, both as a tool for the painter and as an abstract medium itself. He studied in Los Angeles, Columbia University and Paris. He worked at U.S galleries such as Albright Knox art gallery. He grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. . His history is extensive and is known for his profession as painter, lithographer, illustrator, photographer, lecturer and teacher.
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'Les Penitentes #3' — 1970s Modernist Abstraction
'Les Penitentes #3' — 1970s Modernist Abstraction

'Les Penitentes #3' — 1970s Modernist Abstraction

By Ralston Crawford

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Ralston Crawford, 'Los Penitentes #3', etching, 1976, edition 20. Signed and numbered '6/20' in pencil; titled and annotated 'specially selected for Marcelle and Dan' in the bottom s...

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1970s Abstract Ralston Crawford Art

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Untitled, Scratchboard

Untitled, Scratchboard

By Ralston Crawford

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Provenance Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York; The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, until 2009; Sotheby's, New York, American Paintings, Drawings, ...

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20th Century Modern Ralston Crawford Art

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Toro and Horse
Toro and Horse

Toro and Horse

By Ralston Crawford

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Toro and Horse Lithograph, 1957 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Titled in pencil lower left. Edition: 25 (24/25) Printer: Ravel, Paris Reference: Freeman L57.11 'Toro and Horse' was inspired by Spanish bullfighting...

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1950s Cubist Ralston Crawford Art

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Lithograph

LAFAYETTE STREET

LAFAYETTE STREET

By Ralston Crawford

Located in Portland, ME

Crawford, Ralston. LAFAYETTE STREET. Freeman 54.11 Lithograph printed in gray and black on white paper, 1954. Edition of 30, signed in pencil and numbered 23/30. 16 x 22 inches, 407 ...

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1950s Abstract Ralston Crawford Art

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"Grain Elevators, Buffalo"

"Grain Elevators, Buffalo"

By Ralston Crawford

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Tobias Musicant (1921 – 2004) A new discovery in the art world is something always searched for and rarely found. Surely th...

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1930s American Modern Ralston Crawford Art

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Watercolor, Paper, Ink

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