Lot 3
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Martin Lewis

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Martin Lewis
  • Rainy Day, Queens
  • signed in pencil and inscribed fourth trial proof
  • drypoint and sand ground on laid paper
  • image: 10 5/8 by 11 7/8 in.; 27 by 30 cm.
  • sheet: 14 3/8 by 15 5/8 in.; 36.4 by 39.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1931, this work is the fourth of six trial proofs aside from the numbered edition of 70.

Literature

Paul McCarron, Martin Lewis, A Catalogue Raisonne, Bronxville, New York, 1955, no. 94

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full (?) sheet. (Pale-mat stain and surface soiling in the top corners.)
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