Lot 12
  • 12

Martin Lewis

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Martin Lewis
  • Rainy Day, Queens (McC. 94)
  • signed in pencil and inscribed fourth trial proof
  • drypoint and sand ground on laid paper
  • image: 270 by 300 mm 10 5/8 by 11 7/8 in
  • sheet: 364 by 397 mm 14 3/8 by 15 5/8 in
  • Executed in 1931, this work is the fourth of six trial proofs aside from the numbered edition of 70.
Drypoint, 1931, signed in pencil, inscribed 'fourth trial proof', presumably the fourth of six trial proofs (total edition includes 70), on laid paper, framed

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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