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The Fabulous Crustacean

(American, 1909–1982)
1947
Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite
DimensionsSheet: 57.7 x 76.1 cm (22 11/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit LineA. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession number48.286
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ClassificationsWatercolors
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--
Provenance1948, sold by Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston to the MFA for $150. (Accession date: March 11, 1948)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.