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Martin Lewis

Chance Meeting 

1941

Martin Lewis is most famous for his black and white prints of non-tourist night scenes in NewYork City. His most well-known etchings were produced between 1925 and 1935.Lewis wasan acknowledged master of the intaglio techniques of printmaking, experimenting with multipleprocesses including etching, aquatint, engraving and drypoint.A highly skilled printer, Lewiscreated magnificent impressions that captured the energy, bustle and occasional solitude of allaspects of city life in New York.

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