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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1929 creation date earliest: 1929 creation date latest: 1929 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: drypoint department: Prints collection: PR - Drypoint type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: McCarron 83 --- CREATORS * Martin Lewis (American, 1881-1962) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: In graphite, lower right, recto: "Martin Lewis" translation: remark: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES