About the Artwork
Fuji at Omiya-machi
between 1920 and 1922
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Black pen and ink, graphite pencil, and orange watercolor on wove paper
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (24.8 × 28.6 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family
1996.229.18
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil by ML, lower right: Fuji at Omiya-machi Inscribed, [notations thoughout]: left center: warm gray clouds Inscribed, lower right center: yellow rice Inscribed, right edge: tree | with | lavender | flowers; Inscribed, lower center: persimmon tree | [three lines of illegible script] Inscribed, lower right: strip of bright green | brown green | green plants Inscribed, vertically, upper right: 32. L. Inscribed, in opposing corners, verso: 33 L. | 33, L.D.L. Inscribed, inside collection stamp, verso: LDL | 820
Stamp, verso, circular in black ink, lower left corner: Lucile Deming Lewis Collection
Provenance
1996-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, Fuji at Omiya-machi, between 1920 and 1922, black pen and ink, graphite pencil, and orange watercolor on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family, 1996.229.18.
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