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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
R.F.D. Drypoint and sandpaper ground. 250x300 mm; 9 7/8x11 7/8 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, included in the edition of approximately 148. Signed and inscribed "trial proof" in pencil, lower right. 1933.
A superb, richly-inked impression with all the tonal nuances distinct.
A view in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, where Lewis (1881-1962) resided during the Great Depression; the mailbox references his Connecticut neighbor, friend and fellow printmaker Armin Landeck (1905- 1984). According to McCarron, there were three trial proofs printed, which are included in the total recorded impressions of 148. McCarron 106.
