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Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | 1889 (1889) |
Catalogue | F 606 |
Type | Still life |
Medium | Oil oncanvas |
Dimensions | 47 cm × 61 cm (19 in × 24 in) |
Location | National Gallery,London,UK |
Owner | Private collector |
Two Crabs is an 1889oil painting byVincent van Gogh. It is astill life of two crabs, one on its back and one upright, with a green background.[1] The work isoil oncanvas of 47 cm (19 in) high and 61 cm (24 in) wide.[1]
Van Gogh is thought to have painted this work after his hospital release in January 1889. It was possibly inspired by a Japanese print of a crab byHokusai that he had seen in the magazineLe Japon Artistique, that his brotherTheo van Gogh had sent him in September 1888.[1]
The painting is held by theNational Gallery inLondon, on loan from a private collector.[1]
Crab on its Back, a still life of a single crab lying on its back, is a related painting by Van Gogh. It is in the collection of theVan Gogh Museum inAmsterdam.[2]