"The Return"

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1925

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"The Return", 1925, drypoint and sand ground, 201x252mm; 7 7/8" x 9", full margins. Edition of approximately 36 (of an intended edition of 60). Pencil signed and numbered A very good, clean impression [McCarron 45].

Martin Lewis (1881-1962) is regarded as one of the world's finest artists in intaglio techniques.  Compared to Edward Hopper, in that both created stark depiction's of the loneliness and solitude of the human condition. Lewis' varied intaglio prints focused on the striking qualities of geometry and light, both intricate and delicate.  His impeccable use of traditional intaglio techniques - in this case drypoint - and the precise rendering of space, geometry and light all create the sense of the isolation of humankind juxtaposed in nature.  Lewis draws out the scene's geometry creating a strong sensation of light and space.

Although more widely known for his interpretations of the city and its workers, "The Return" exemplifies the same characteristics of Lewis' later etched urban views.

Martin Lewis' "The Return" is in a simply carved highly polished 20" x 22" frame with the look of beaten iron. The wood fillet echoes the frame.  The khaki linen mat is acid and lignin free and is protected with Acrylite-AR OP3 (UV) by CYRO ....            SOLD