About the Artwork
Nocturnal Scene, New York Street Corner
ca. 1928
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Graphite pencil and white chalk on blue laid paper
Sheet: 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman
2000.113
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis | P.L.
Inscribed, verso, in pencil above the LDL collection stamp, lower left corner: LDL - 258 Inscribed, verso: [several numeric notations along bottom edge]
Stamp, verso, circular in black ink, lower left corner: Lucile Deming Lewis Collection
Provenance
2000-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, Nocturnal Scene, New York Street Corner, ca. 1928, graphite pencil and white chalk on blue laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman, 2000.113.
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