Title: Panorama, Nikko Mountains.
Martin Lewis (1880-1962)
Medium: Graphite drawing, c.1920.
Paper size 5 5/8 x 14 1/8" (143 x 360 mm).
A wonderful drawing done while Martin Lewis was in Japan. He made no prints during these years so all the drawings are studies for drawings and watercolors.
Stamped on verso "Collection-Lucille Deming Lewis" and numbered LDL-878. At the time of the artist's death in 1962 every item was inventoried and stamped with a circular Lucile Deming Lewis stamp, his wife, or a rectangular Martin Lewis stamp, his son and given a number. The Old Print Shop, Inc. has represented the estate of Martin Lewis for many years and guarantee this drawing is by the artist and from his estate.

Martin Lewis (1880-1962) Was born in Castlemaine, Australia on July 9, 1880. His birth date has been incorrectly listed in most publications on the artist as 1881. Martin Lewis is considered one of the greatest American printmakers of the first half of the twentieth century. He used his superb sense of composition and his technical skill as a master printmaker to create images of New York City and rural Connecticut that are as captivating today as they were in the late 1920's when he was first recognized as an important artist. He was one of the first printmakers to sell out an edition of a print during an exhibition, and many of his etchings and drypoints sold out in a few months. He traveled to Japan late in 1919 staying for just under two years. The trip was important for the artist, while in Japan he studied Ukiyo-E and other styles of Japanese art.

Good condition, double page in a small drawing book, so crease down center.