About the Artwork
Faces
ca. 1929
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink on white wove paper
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Betty, Ellen, Lisa and Robert Katzman and their families in honor of Dr. Irving F. Burton
1998.21
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower left: Marin Lewis.
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner: 13 [circled] Inscribed, in pencil below LDL stamp, lower left corner, verso: LDL-238 | E14171 | E 21920 [crossed out] | OX- Inscribed, lower right corner: LP#144 400
Circular stamp, in black ink, lower left, verso: Lucile Deming Lewis
Provenance
1998-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis, Faces, ca. 1929, charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Betty, Ellen, Lisa and Robert Katzman and their families in honor of Dr. Irving F. Burton, 1998.21.
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