About the Artwork
9th Avenue El
between 1918 and 1939
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Pen, ink and colored pencil on heavy tan wove paper
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 12 1/2 inches (24.3 × 31.8 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Museum Purchase, with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman
2007.7
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis | P.L.
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: 9th Ave 'El' / 57 - 59th Sts? Inscribed, in black ink, across the image: [various color notations] Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left, below LDL stamp: LDL-289 Inscribed, in pencil, verso, center: #27161
Stamp, verso, left: LDL
Provenance
2007-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis, 9th Avenue El, between 1918 and 1939, pen, ink and colored pencil on heavy tan wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman, 2007.7.
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