Metropolitan Crowd

© The Estate of Norman W. Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY. Photo…
© Estate of Norman W. Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.
Metropolitan Crowd
© The Estate of Norman W. Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Metropolitan Crowd

Date1946
Artist (American painter, 1909–1979)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/8 × 39 5/8 in. (43.5 × 100.6 cm)
frame: 23 1/2 × 45 1/2 in. (59.7 × 115.6 cm)
Credit LineLouisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund and partial gift of Ouida B. Lewis in memory of Harvey W. Singleton, 1994
Object number1994-48
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextEmploying jagged lines and primary colors set against a black background, New York painter Norman Lewis captured the frenetic energy of city life in this abstract expressionist canvas.


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