Three People Near an Excavation, ca. 1927

  • Martin Lewis, American, 1881-1962

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 3/8 × 4 3/8 inches (21.3 × 11.1 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (36.2 × 23.5 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

1999.1654

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in plate, lower left: MARTIN | LEWIS Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis

Watermark, upper right: ETRURIA Stamp, in black, verso, lower left: COLLECTION | PATRICIA LEWIS Paper sticker, removed from verso, lower left, with red ballpoint pen inscription: [NFS]

Inscribed, lower left, in green: trial #10

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

Martin Lewis, Three People Near an Excavation, ca. 1927, etching printed in black ink on laid 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, 1999.1654.