Bedford Street Gang

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Bedford Street Gang

Entry/Object ID

2014.226

Description

Group of seven skinny, lanky boys gathering on a city street corner at night with light spiling out of shop windows

Artwork Details

Medium

Drypoint sand ground on cream wove paper

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Needles

Made/Created

Artist

Lewis, Martin

Date made

1935

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

BR/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "Martin Lewis"

Transcription

BL/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "Bedford St. Gang"

Transcription

BL/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "M.L. #121"

Transcription

BL of impression

Notes

Inscription Type: "Martin Lewis"

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

14-5/8 in

Length

8-7/8 in

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

17 in

Length

11-1/2 in