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Artists›Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis

American, 1909–1979

WA-00022156

PaintingRealismColor FieldSocial Realism

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ7052490

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/norman-lewis
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3524
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Realism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (18)

Carnaval from Impressions: Our World, Volume I

1974 · Etching and aquatint with embossing from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)

plate: 19 13/16 × 12 3/16" (50.4 × 31 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm)

Overall: 73 11/16 × 43 1/8 in. (187.2 × 109.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1960 · oil on paper

Sheet: 53.2 x 78.6 cm (20 15/16 x 30 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Alabama

1960 · Oil on canvas

Overall: 122.6 x 184.5 cm (48 1/4 x 72 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Winter Branches #4

1953 · ink on paper

Sheet: 66 x 101.6 cm (26 x 40 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Composition in Green

1953 · Watercolor and pastel on ivory wove paper

49.8 × 65.2 cm (19 5/8 × 25 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Composition in Brown

1953 · Watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper

48.2 × 61 cm (19 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Messenger

1952 · Charcoal and ink on paper

26 × 30 3/8" (66 × 77.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Green Bough

1951 · Pastel with brush and black ink and watercolor on ivory wove paper

61.1 × 48.7 cm (24 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City Night

1949 · Oil on wood

24 x 18" (61 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1949 · Oil on canvas

26 7/8 x 31 7/8" (68.3 x 81 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Multitudes

1946 · Oil on canvas

99.7 × 67.3 cm (39 1/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Phantasy II

1946 · Oil on canvas

28 1/8 x 35 7/8" (71.4 x 91.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Guro Mask

1935 · Pastel on fine sandpaper

Sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 11/16" (44.8 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ivory Coast Baulé

1935 · Pastel on fine sandpaper

sheet (irreg.): 22 × 14 1/4" (55.9 × 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dan Mask

1935 · Pastel on fine sandpaper

sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 12 1/2" (46 × 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bobbin Loom

1935 · Pastel on fine sandpaper

sheet (irreg.): 14 × 8" (35.6 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Head of a Mule, French Sudan [now Mali])

1935 · Pastel on fine sandpaper

20 × 14" (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

18 published of 27 catalogued · 22 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 19 catalogued18 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Alabama
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Winter Branches #4
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements4

Realism Color Field Social Realism Abstract Art

Collections4

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

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Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

New York · 1951