Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)

Martin Lewis American, 1881-1962

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Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)

c.1927/1937

Martin Lewis

1881-1962

American

Unknown

Pen, black ink, graphite pencil on cream wove paper

Page (Folded): 10 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (26.7 × 19.4 cm) Page (Unfolded): 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm)

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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

1999.1736.2

© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis

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in black ink, center of the page: The 'Potamus lives in the water, and / You can only see his back; / And little birds hop on to it, / Because it's shiny black. / He has a terrible Great Big Mouth, / And he eats loads of hay, / And if I were a little bird / I'd always keep away / If I were a bird I wouldn't be scared; / Because he hasn't claws; / But I know, that I would keep away / From his temedous (sic) jaws.

Watermark: J WHATMA(N)

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Martin Lewis, Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children), c.1927/1937, pen, black ink, 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, 1999.1736.2.

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Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)
Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)