id: 112237
accession number: 1930.667
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.667
updated: 2022-01-04 15:10:29.769000
Corner Shadows, 1929. Martin Lewis (American, 1881-1962). Drypoint; platemark: 21.1 x 22.4 cm (8 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.); sheet: 27.9 x 31.1 cm (11 x 12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1930.667
title: Corner Shadows
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
current location:
creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
copyright:
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: drypoint
department: Prints
collection: PR - Drypoint
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: McCarron 83
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CREATORS
* Martin Lewis (American, 1881-1962) - artist
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measurements: Platemark: 21.1 x 22.4 cm (8 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.9 x 31.1 cm (11 x 12 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: In graphite, lower right, recto: "Martin Lewis"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years
opening date: 1938-02-09T05:00:00
Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-March 20, 1938).
title: Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages
opening date: 1981-08-25T04:00:00
Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).
title: Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
opening date: 2021-07-18T04:00:00
Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
This print was commissioned by the Print Club of Cleveland in 1929.
digital description:
Martin Lewis’s works avoid specific narratives or storylines and instead present commonplace activities on city streets. In this work, Lewis demonstrated his love of movement and its interaction with light, as the gossamer skirts of the women on the sidewalk capture the light from the corner store across the street. His interest in night scenes would be taken up by his friend Edward Hopper (whom he taught to etch), whose night scene is on view nearby.
wall description:
Martin Lewis’s works avoid specific narratives or storylines and instead present commonplace activities on city streets. In this work, Lewis demonstrated his love of movement and its interaction with light, as the gossamer skirts of the women on the sidewalk capture the light from the corner store across the street. His interest in night scenes would be taken up by his friend Edward Hopper (whom he taught to etch), whose night scene is on view nearby.
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