Shadow Dance
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Martin 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].
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 laid 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. In a note found on another impression it is mentioned that the man on the left is Lewis himself. The setting is Park Avenue at 34th Street, Manhattan.