34 NORMAN LEWIS (1909 - 1979)
Woman
.
Lithograph on cream wove paper, circa 1944. 203x375 mm; 8x14
3
/
4
inches, full margins. Signed,
titled, and dated “Nov-6-1949” in pencil, lower right. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Litho-
$25-139W. 125 St, NYC. 27. NY” in ink, mat verso.A very good, dark impression of this extremely
scarce print.
Provenance: Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, with the label on the mat, verso; the estate of
Robert L. Zarbock, Escondido, California; private collection.
This early abstracted figure by Norman Lewis appears to be a wonderful interpretation in lithography
of the figure in lot 33. Ruth Fine included two proofs of this lithograph in the retrospective
Procession:The Art of Norman Lewis
, both printed on sheets of the
The NewYork Times
.We have not
located any other impressions. Fine 17; p. 138.
[5,000/7,000]