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Lobster claw

Original Language TitlePince de crabe
Artist Eli Lotar (French, 1905 - 1969)
Artist Jean Painlevé (French, 1902 - 1989)
Date1929
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 14 × 10 7/16 inches (35.56 × 26.47 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.37
SignedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Painlevé"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionDetail image of a crab's claw against a black background.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
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