Yorkville Night

1947

Martin Lewis

Artist, American, born Australia, 1881 - 1962

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on Whatman wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.91 × 29.37 cm (8 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 37.47 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1272

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    McCarron 1995, no. 140

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2017

Bibliography

1995

  • McCarron, Paul. The Prints of Martin Lewis: A Catalogue Raisonné. Bronxville, New York: M. Hausberg, 1995, pp. 232-233, no. 140.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Yorkville Night; lower right in graphite: Martin Lewis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: E14189 / mu

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink (twice): F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

[Whatm]an 1938 England

Wikidata ID

Q77012227

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