Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

308 c MARTIN LEWIS Cathedral Steps . Drypoint printed in black on cream wove paper, 1931. 265x425 mm; 10 3 / 8 x16 3 / 4 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 42. Signed in pencil, lower right. A brilliantly-inked, luminous impression of this extremely scarce print, with all the details distinct and with very strong contrasts. According to McCarron, “The drypoint depicts the lower steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral at dusk, with the lighted windows of the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in the background.” McCarron 93. [12,000/18,000] 307 308