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Smoke Pillar, Weehawken

Martin Lewis American, 1881-1962
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About the Artwork

Smoke Pillar, Weehawken

1915

Martin Lewis

1881-1962

American

Unknown

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

Plate: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 13 1/8 × 11 inches (33.3 × 27.9 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman in honor of Sidney and Betty Katzman and their children, Ellen and Laura, from the collection assembled by Patricia Lewis

1999.1637

Non-commercial all standard museum

Markings

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis -

Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left: ML - 186 E14068 | E8904 [crossed out] | AS -

Stamp, in black, verso, lower left: COLLECTION PATRICIA LEWIS Paper sticker, removed from verso, lower left, with red ballpoint pen inscription: [NFS]

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1999-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Martin Lewis, Smoke Pillar, Weehawken, 1915, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman in honor of Sidney and Betty Katzman and their children, Ellen and Laura, from the collection assembled by Patricia Lewis, 1999.1637.

Smoke Pillar, Weehawken
Smoke Pillar, Weehawken