Untitled

© Estate of Norman Wilfred Lewis, courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

Untitled

Currently not on view

Untitled,

1954

Norman Wilfred Lewis, 1909–1979; born and died New York, NY
2021-175
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Title
Untitled
Dates

1954

Maker
Norman Wilfred Lewis
Medium
Oil and ink
Dimensions
58.4 × 83.8 cm (23 × 33 in.) frame: 76.8 x 102.2 x 4.4 cm. (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2021-175
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Signatures
Signed, lower left, in pen and ink: NORMAN LEWIS 54
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, oil paint, wove paper
Subject
figures (representations), processions, abstraction

Acquired directly from the artist; thence by descent to private collector, New York City; sold at auction, Swann Galleries, New York, June 20, 2014, lot 12; acquired by private collector; museum purchase.

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