About the Artwork
Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)
between 1927 and 1937
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Pen and black ink over graphite pencil on cream wove paper
Page: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm) Plate (folded): 10 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (26.7 × 19.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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
1999.1736.1
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Inscribed, in black, center of the page: Down by the Battery, where the ships go by; | Tall, tall buildings lean against the sky: |Down, down below are the subway trains; | That's where we run to when it rains.
Provenance
Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman (Bingham Farms, Michigan, USA)
2000-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis, Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children), between 1927 and 1937, pen and black ink over graphite pencil on cream 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, 1999.1736.1.
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