About the Artwork
Nishi no Seki-mon, Kankakei
between 1920 and 1922
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Colored crayons and graphite pencil on wove paper
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 19 1/2 inches (28.6 × 49.5 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family
1996.229.37
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil by ML, lower right: Kankakei | Nishi no Seki-mon Inscribed, lower left of the drawing which is actually verso of .36: tin | little hut | against cliff | Buddhist | nun | lives here Inscribed, lower right: p. 70; verso: L.D.L. p. 71 Inscribed, inside collection stamp, verso: LDL | 820
Stamp, verso, circular in black ink, lower left corner: Lucile Deming Lewis Collection
Provenance
1996-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis, Nishi no Seki-mon, Kankakei, between 1920 and 1922, colored crayons and graphite pencil on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Patricia Lewis and Family, 1996.229.37.
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