Property from a Private New York Collection
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Martin Lewis
Shadow Dance
Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000
Sold
Lot Details
1930
Drypoint, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 9 3/8 x 11 in. (23.8 x 27.9 cm)
S. 13 x 15 in. (33 x 38.1 cm)
S. 13 x 15 in. (33 x 38.1 cm)
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 109, framed.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Shadow Dance may be seen as one of Lewis's most abstract prints. He all but blocked out the print's one light source, the sun, with two sets of three figures. The figures dominate the space as their shadows and the diagonal perspective lines of the buildings radiate around them, forming kaleidoscopic patterns.
The location depicted appears to be the intersection of 34th Street and Park Avenue, looking west.
The location depicted appears to be the intersection of 34th Street and Park Avenue, looking west.
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