Sold for:
$3,240
$3,240
Martin Lewis (American, 1881-1962) R. F.D., 1933, total edition of 148 (McCarron, 106). Signed "Martin Lewis-" in pencil l.r., signed within the plate, identified on a label from Kennedy & Co., New York, affixed to the backing. Etching on paper, plate size 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (25.0 x 29.7 cm), framed. Condition: Margins 1 3/4 inches or more, with white cloth tape and/or residue to the edges of the sheet, foxing, faint mold or similar residue to image. N.B. The name on the mailbox refers to the artist's friend Armin Landeck, with whom Lewis opened the School of Printmakers in the early 1930s in New York. The scene is in southern Connecticut.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-05-17
