The Old Print Shop

Japanese Village with Mountain Background.

  • ARTIST: Martin Lewis

  • MEDIUM: Color pencil on paper,

    DATE: c.1921.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 9 1/4 x 12 1/2" (23.6 x 31.5 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Paper watermark visible in drawing lower left. Likely Japanese paper, purchased during his stay in Japan. Scattered pencil notation are made in the artist's hand. They note the colors he wanted to remember for various spaces. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Estate stamped on verso, "Lucile Deming Lewis" and marked LDL-370.

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Holes from the sketchbook it was drawn in are visible on the far right. They do not affect the drawing.

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