About the Artwork
Test Plate, Woman Wearing a Hat with a Feather
no date
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Softground etching and aquatint printed in silver-gray ink on wove paper
Plate: 6 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (17.5 × 18.4 cm)
Prints
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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
1999.1682
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Inscribed, top right: Test Plate | soft ground + aqit [sic] Inscribed, lower left: aquatint – in box 2 min- | 1st bite – 2 min- |stopped [underlined] out lights on face + hat with crayon | 2nd [illegible] + 3 min- (stopped out face + hand [three lines] 5 min | 3rd “+ 10 = 15 (stopped out blinds + rest of plate except darks in [illegible] + figure) 15 min [min above 15] |4th bite – 15 min = 30 min Inscribed, lower left corner: Silver Grey Ink Inscribed, lower right: (out [underlined] scraped down blinds + | lights on dress-
Provenance
1999-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, Test Plate, Woman Wearing a Hat with a Feather, no date, softground etching and aquatint printed in silver-gray 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, 1999.1682.
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