The Dreamy Lobster

 
The Dreamy Lobster
Image Rights & Reproductions Requirements
Artist
Creation date
Materials
color relief etching and engraving with stenciled color
Mark Descriptions
inscribed in pencil, below image, L.L.: 2-60 signed in pencil, below image, L.R.: G. Peterdi
Dimensions
6 x 9 in. (image) 10 x 13 in. (sheet)
Credit line
Gift of Dr. Steven Conant in honor of Mrs. H.L. Conant and Miss Joan D. Weisenberger
Accession number
1999.133
Collection
Prints
Currently On View In
Susan and Charles Golden Gallery - H202

In 1940, Stanley William Hayter and many other artists of Atelier 17 fled the Nazi occupation of Paris and reestablished their studio in New York. Peterdi, having served in the US Army during the war, reconnected with Atelier 17 in 1947.

Peterdi’s first color prints were made in 1947 with the simple application of watercolor brushed onto the engravings through stencils. The Dreamy Lobster was published in a portfolio of prints issued by a new New York gallery, Laurels, which became a prime outlet for the artists of Atelier 17.

Dr. Steven Conant, Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1999.
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