[Boss of the block] / Martin Lewis. – Vintage Print
![[Boss of the block] / Martin Lewis., [ca. 1939] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29cd35921862-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Boss of the block] / Martin Lewis., a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Boss of the block] / Martin Lewis.
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Its title, *Boss of the block*, suggests a woman who holds sway over her neighborhood, and the print seems to treat her with a knowing, good-humored eye. Martin Lewis, an Australian-born printmaker who worked mostly in New York, built his reputation on close studies of city life, and he often used aquatint to lay down deep, velvety tones that turn ordinary streets into scenes of quiet drama. Dated about 1939, the work comes from the years when Depression-era realism still shaped American printmaking. The impression is signed in pencil, a detail that collectors of Lewis's work often look for.
| Created / published | [ca. 1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : aquatint and etching ; 28.2 x 18.8 cm. (image), 40.8 x 27.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Aquatints 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil. Copyright by Estate of Martin Lewis. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). The prints of Martin Lewis : a catalogue raisonne / Paul McCarron. Bronxville, N.Y. : M. Hausberg, 1995, p. 220 Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1997:015.4 (box 1) |
| Subjects | Women--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,658 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220269 |
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