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Martin Lewis

On the Roof,

Maker

  • Martin Lewis

Title

On the Roof

Medium

soft-ground etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • drypoint,
  • sandpaper,
  • soft-ground etching,
  • Roulette

Techniques

  • drypoint,
  • sandpaper,
  • soft-ground etching,
  • roulette

Supports

  • Medium weight cream Rives wove paper

Dimensions

32.9 x 25.4 cm (12 15/16 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

Marks: Watermark:RIVES Stamp in black ink on verso:COLLECTION/PATRICIA LEWIS inscribed in a circle.

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

81.073

On the Roof

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

Marks: Watermark:RIVES Stamp in black ink on verso:COLLECTION/PATRICIA LEWIS inscribed in a circle.

Exhibition History

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995
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