Nov 03, 2015 - Sale 2396

Sale 2396 - Lot 107

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
MARTIN LEWIS
Above the Yards, Weehawken.

Aquatint and etching, 1918 (printed later). 450x603 mm; 17 3/4x23 3/4 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 100. Signed "Martin Lewis, (L. D. L. 1973)" by the artist's widow, Lucille Lewis, and numbered 5/100 in pencil, lower margin.

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. McCarron 33.