Apr 15 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2700 -

Sale 2700 - Lot 233

Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
MARTIN LEWIS (1881 - 1962)
Cathedral Steps.

Drypoint, 1931. 265x425 mm; 10⅜x16⅞ inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 42. Signed in pencil, lower right. McCarron 93.

Provenance
Artist's estate, New York
Thence by descent to Patricia Lewis, the artist's daughter-in-law, New York, with the "Collection of Patricia Lewis" ink stamp and number "ML-14" in pencil, verso

Additional Details

According to McCarron, "The drypoint depicts the lower steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral at dusk, with the lighted windows of the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in the background."