Jeannette Maxfield Lewis (1894-1982)
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Title:
"Encounter"
Date:
1960
Size:
11 7/8" x 8 7/8"
Medium:
Etching
Signed:
Signed L. R.
Plate: Signed and dated lower right
Pencil signed and titled
Edition: 36
Illustrated on page 17 of exhibition catalogue: Jeannette Maxfield Lewis: A Centennial Celebration: MPMA/1994.
Illustrated: Emerging from the Shadows/A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, Volume III - by Maurine St. Gaudens.
Jeannette Maxfield Lewis produced nearly 200 different etchings, all in small editions. She exhibited regularly in annual exhibitions with most of America’s printmaking societies. Lewis began experimenting with printmaking under Armin Hansen in 1931, first with small drypoints, later moving into etching. Early on her subject matter was very similar to Hansen’s namely, ocean scenes, harbors, and fishermen. Over the years, her inspirations came more from her travels to Europe and Mexico; studies of village and town life, human activity, and architecture.
Pencil signed and titled
Edition: 36
Illustrated on page 17 of exhibition catalogue: Jeannette Maxfield Lewis: A Centennial Celebration: MPMA/1994.
Illustrated: Emerging from the Shadows/A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, Volume III - by Maurine St. Gaudens.
Jeannette Maxfield Lewis produced nearly 200 different etchings, all in small editions. She exhibited regularly in annual exhibitions with most of America’s printmaking societies. Lewis began experimenting with printmaking under Armin Hansen in 1931, first with small drypoints, later moving into etching. Early on her subject matter was very similar to Hansen’s namely, ocean scenes, harbors, and fishermen. Over the years, her inspirations came more from her travels to Europe and Mexico; studies of village and town life, human activity, and architecture.
