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Artists›George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank

British, 1792–1878

Mixed MediaSurrealism

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None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

207

Works in Collection

245

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• Surrealism

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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (207)

Title Page from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

1880 · Letterpress in red and black on cream wove paper, folded

50.7 × 34.5 cm (20 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room

1873 · Etching

sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room

1873 · Etching

sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Leader of the Parisian Blood Red Republic

1871 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 42 × 27 cm (16 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 30.5 cm (18 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

1868 · etching in black on wove paper

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 25.7 x 17.3 cm (10 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

1867 · watercolor and graphite on wove paper

overall: 24.3 x 17.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 in.)

National Gallery of Art

"Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso]

1865 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper

overall: 24.3 x 32.2 cm (9 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

"Crinolina" - and the Consequences [recto]

1865 · pen and black ink with watercolor and scratching-out (around the ghosts' eyes on the right) on wove paper

Overall: 24.3 x 32.2 cm (9 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.) mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Group Exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

New York · 1936