Shadow Dance

Artist: Martin Lewis

Lewis-ShadowDanceBigMartin Lewis (1881-1962), Shadow Dance - – 1930, Drypoint and Sand Ground.

McCarron 88. Edition 109 (including at least 7 trial proofs). Signed in pencil. [Signed in the plate, lower right]. Inscribed in the bottom sheet edge, verso: Park Ave. at 34th St. This print was given to me by Mrs. Lucille Lewis. The man on the left is Mr. Lewis himself.

Image size 9 7/16 x 10 7/8 inches (240 x 276 mm); sheet size 13 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (333 x 378 mm).

A superb, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches); in pristine condition.

One of Lewis’s great Precisionist works, and an icon of American printmaking, as well as a wonderful New York image. McCarron notes that initially Lewis named this Shadow Dance, Sunset, but then shortened the title.