About the Artwork
Walnut Tree Hill, Waintree Hill, Sandy Hook, Connecticut
between 1932 and 1936
Martin Lewis
1881-1962
American
Unknown
Graphite pencil on cream wove paper
Sheet: 12 × 17 7/8 inches (30.5 × 45.4 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman
2001.30
© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Martin Lewis | P.L.
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Walnut Tree hill | (Wain'tree hill) | Sandy Hook | Conn. Inscribed, below the LDL collection stamp noted in marks, lower left, verso: DL - 337 [the first L of LDL was lost when the corner was torn off]
Provenance
2001-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© Ruth Lewis, granddaughter of the artist Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis, Walnut Tree Hill, Waintree Hill, Sandy Hook, Connecticut, between 1932 and 1936, graphite pencil on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert and Lisa Katzman, 2001.30.
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