Catalogue
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 7/8 x 31 7/8" (68.3 x 81 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Norman Lewis
Artist
Painting
Born in 1909 in Harlem, New York, Norman Lewis tirelessly dedicated his life to his art and his community. Alongside the behemoths of Abstract Expressionism, including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, and Barnett Newman, Lewis stands as a critical member of this seminal group, and was indeed the only African-American artist present at the historic 1950 symposium at Studio 35 in New York, where the leading artists of the day coined their eponymous term.
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Carnaval from Impressions: Our World, Volume I
1974 · Etching and aquatint with embossing from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)
Composition in Green
1953 · Watercolor and pastel on ivory wove paper
Composition in Brown
1953 · Watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper
The Messenger
1952 · Charcoal and ink on paper
Green Bough
1951 · Pastel with brush and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper
City Night
1949 · Oil on wood
Record
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- Norman Lewis
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 7/8 x 31 7/8" (68.3 x 81 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1949-M069412
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified