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Ohba Masao
Crabmid-20th century

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Color print of a stylized red-orange crab seen from above, its shell covered in a diagonal black grid, against a speckled multicolored background; numbered edition with Japanese script and pencil signature below

Ohba Masao, Crab, mid-20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Jeffrey and Elizabeth Holbrook Family, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ohba Masao
Title
Crab
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-20th century
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Paper screenprint
Dimensions
Image: 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.0 x 11.4 cm); Paper: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (13.6 x 19.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Jeffrey and Elizabeth Holbrook Family
Accession Number
M.86.147.123
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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