The Boyfriends - MARTIN LEWIS

Medium: drypoint and sand ground

MARTIN LEWIS
American, (1881-1962)

Drypoint and sand ground, 1927, McCarron 61, edition 30. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This endearing print is uncommon. McCarron mentions sand ground in his description of the technique used in this print. It can be described as follows: "In addition, some of the prints—including "Circus Night"—include an additional technique, called sand ground. In this technique the artist applies the wax coating for etching, then using sandpaper, emery board, or loose sand to make a series of pits in the wax. Upon biting, the plate achieves a soft, hazy effect that Lewis vastly preferred to the sharp, shiny copper of pure etching or engraving." (By Grant Hamming, Research Fellow at the Rollins College Museum of Art; as published in a Rollins College Museum of Art newsletter, 2020).      SOLD

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