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"Trade Winds" c.1918, drypoint, 200x302mm; 7 7/8" x 11 3/4", full margins. From an edition of approximately 22. Signed in pencil, lower right, and in the plate, lower right. A very good impression of a scarce print [McCarron 25]. 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. Martin Lewis left Japan with a deep regard for the natural beauty of the Japanese landscape, way of life and Japanese reverence for nature. He had assimilated some of the Japanese sensibility for the careful arrangement of objects. In 1925, Lewis resumed etching and embarked on work that brought him his first critical acclaim for his prints. He produced twenty-four prints in four years; fourteen of them portraying Japanese subjects based on drawings he made while in Japan. The subject and treatment of this print are closely related to three earlier prints, 'In the Tropics and 'Speed and Sunshine', both from 1916, and 'Clearing Weather' (or 'Leaping Porpoises' of circa 1918. Circa 1918 seems more plausible for this print than the date assigned by the Crafton Collection, as it does not fit stylistically with other prints made in 1926. It is possible that Lewis began this plate around 1916 and completed it in 1926, although any changes he may have made are unrecorded (from Paul McCarron 'The Prints of Martin Lewis'). "Trade Winds" is in a Nurre Caxton 'Palladio Collection' 21 3/4" x 25 1/8" classic scooped black with an antique silver panel and slightly distressed frame. The Nurre Caxton 'Palladio Collection' black/brown wood fillet echoes the frame. The mink colored outer silk, middle ivory black Beveled Accent and 4-ply inner rag mats are acid and lignin free and are protected with Acrylite-AR OP3 (UV) by CYRO ............... $2,600.00 |