Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)

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Martin Lewis

Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children), c.1927/1937

pen, black ink, graphite pencil on cream wove paper

Details

Artist	Martin Lewis, American, 1881-1962
Title	Untitled (12 unbound pages of drawings and poems for children)
Date	c.1927/1937
Medium	pen, black ink, graphite pencil on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Page (Folded): 10 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (26.7 × 19.4 cm) Page (Unfolded): 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm)
Credit Line	Gift of Mr. Robert M. Katzman and Mrs. Lisa Katzman in honor of Sidney and Betty Katzman and their children, Ellen and Laura, from the collection assembled by Patricia Lewis
Accession Number	1999.1736.4
Department	Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View

Signed, Marks, Inscriptions

Marks	Watermark: JWHATMA(N)
Inscriptions	In black ink, center of sheet: Down the Subway gratings / There are lots of Bears; / 'S funny that you never / Meet them on the Stairs. / If you did, it wouldn't be / Safe for little boys - / I suppose theyre frightened off / By the subway Noise.