Artist Monograph

Martin Lewis, American

American, born Australia, 1881–1962

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Production by Decade

3

1920s

2

1930s

1

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	50%

Range: 22.6 cm → 36.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	2
1941	1
1954	1
1968	1
1971	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Derricks at Night Print Acc. 1164.1940	1927	Drypoint	plate: 7 15/16 x 11 7/8" (20.1 x 30.1cm); sheet: 11 x 16 3/8" (28 x 41.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Tabloid Readers Print Acc. 1165.1940	1927	Drypoint	plate: 7 × 9 7/8" (17.8 × 25.1 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 × 14" (27 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Glow of the City Print Acc. 609.1954	1929	Drypoint	plate: 11 7/16 x 14 7/16" (29.1 x 36.6cm); sheet: 14 5/16 x 18 7/8" (36.3 x 47.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Subway Steps Print Acc. 282.1968	1930, published 1931	Drypoint	plate: 13 3/4 x 8 3/16" (34.9 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 x 10 7/8" (44 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Jack Budowsky
Little Penthouse Print Acc. 451.1971	1931	Drypoint	plate 10 x 7" (25.4 x 17.8 cm) sheet 13 9/16 x 10 1/2" (34 x 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Chance Meeting Print Acc. 485.1941	1940–41	Drypoint	plate: 8 7/8 × 7 1/2" (22.6 × 19 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 11/16" (39 × 27.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller