Puffing Billies, 1916

  • Martin Lewis, American, 1881-1962

Etching and possibly sandpaper ground printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 13 × 9 3/4 inches (33 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 17 × 13 1/2 inches (43.2 × 34.3 cm)

Gift of Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman in honor of Sidney and Betty Katzman and their children, Ellen and Laura, from the collection assembled by Patricia Lewis

1999.1631

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis-

Watermark, lower left: HANDMADE | [crest] | SWEDEN Stamp, in black, verso, lower left: COLLECTION | PATRICIA LEWIS

1999-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Martin Lewis, Puffing Billies, 1916, etching and possibly sandpaper ground printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman in honor of Sidney and Betty Katzman and their children, Ellen and Laura, from the collection assembled by Patricia Lewis, 1999.1631.