Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 17th Century emotional impact and meticulous attention

emotional impact and meticulous attention to historical detail

creating a dreamlike vision that reflects Victorian fascination with the supernatural and fairy folklore

11 x 14 Inches = 28 cm x 35

Satan stands on a rocky precipice

shifting the focus from blame toward a search for the man responsible

Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 17th Century emotional impact and meticulous attentionGlow of the City (1929) by Martin Lewis is a masterful drypoint etching capturing the quiet poetry of urban life in 1920s New York. A solitary woman stands on a fire escape, her figure silhouetted against the softly illuminated skyline, where the Chanin Building glows in the evening haze. Lewis contrasts the intimacy of the tenement worldmarked by hanging laundry and telephone wireswith the distant glamour of the modern city, evoking themes of