Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children), c.1927/1937

  • Martin Lewis, American, 1881-1962

Pen, black ink, over 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)

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

1999.1736.12

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

In black ink, center of sheet: Old Ceta, the Whale; / He has a big Tail - / And he smacks the water with it like a flail; / He rolls near a ship, / And he makes it dip, / And he spashes water all over the sail.

Martin Lewis, Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children), c.1927/1937, pen, 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, 1999.1736.12.