Allen Lewis and American Artists Group
Swinging the Gate
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Sheet: 458 × 331 mm. (18 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Image: 255 × 191 mm. (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens, 1954
Object Number
1998.1.3
Kraeft, June and Norman Kraeft, Great American Prints, 1900-1950, New York: Dover, 1984, ill. no. 89.
Signed: 3
Inscribed: RECTO: BL Corner in matrix: 'ALLEN LEWIS / c 1936 [6 backwards]'. VERSO: Printed BL: 'AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP / 106 SEVENTH AVE·NEW YORK' around logo; and below: 'SWINGING THE GATE by ALLEN LEWIS / AL c 1936'.
Markings: ARCHER W&A [fig. of archer]
