Nishi no Seki-mon, Kankakei, between 1920 and 1922

  • Martin Lewis, American, 1881-1962

Colored crayons and graphite pencil on wove paper

  • Sheet: 11 1/4 × 19 1/2 inches (28.6 × 49.5 cm)

Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family

1996.229.37

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Stamp, verso, circular in black ink, lower left corner: Lucile Deming Lewis Collection

Inscribed, in pencil by ML, lower right: Kankakei | Nishi no Seki-mon Inscribed, lower left of the drawing which is actually verso of .36: tin | little hut | against cliff | Buddhist | nun | lives here Inscribed, lower right: p. 70; verso: L.D.L. p. 71 Inscribed, inside collection stamp, verso: LDL | 820

1996-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Martin Lewis, Nishi no Seki-mon, Kankakei, between 1920 and 1922, colored crayons and graphite pencil on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family, 1996.229.37.