MARTIN LEWIS (1881 - 1962) Above the Yards, Weehawken.
Etching and aquatint, 1918. 450x603 mm; 17¾x23¾ inches, full margins. From the intended edition of 100 (printed in 1973). Signed "Martin Lewis, (L.D.L. 1973)" by the artist's wife, Lucile Deming Lewis, and numbered 9/100 in pencil, lower margin. McCarron 33.
There are only approximately 15 lifetime impressions of this subject. In 1972, Kennedy Galleries, New York, planned a reprinting of this plate, with the consent of the artist's estate, to coincide with a major two-part retrospective exhibition of Lewis's work. Though an intended edition of 100 impressions was indicated, it is unclear if the edition was ever fully realized.
