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Martin Lewis, designer

On the Roof, ca. 1937

Description

Maker

  • Martin Lewis, 1881-1962, American, designer

Title

On the Roof

Year

ca. 1937

Medium

drypoint; sandpaper; soft-ground etching; Roulette

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • soft-ground etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream Rives wove paper

Dimensions

32.9 x 25.4 cm (12 7/8 x 10 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:signed in pencil under platemark on right:Martin Lewis; titled in LL of sheet:On the Roof; in bottom center 12 Verso:in pencil in LL:M.132; in bottom center under collector' mark:M L - 51In Plate--In LL:M. LEWIS

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

81.073

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is On the Roof with the accession number of 81.073. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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