About the Artwork
Study for American Nocturne
ca. 1937
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Charcoal on brown paper
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 9/16 inches (22.4 × 29.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Museum Purchase, with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman
2007.9
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis | P.L.
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left, below circular stamp: LDL-320
Stamp, in black, verso: [circular collection stamp of Lucile Deming Lewis]
Provenance
2007-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, Study for American Nocturne, ca. 1937, charcoal on brown paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman, 2007.9.
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