Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C.

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching and drypoint on Shogun wove paper
Dimensions: plate: 32.7 × 20 cm (12 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 40.64 × 27.94 cm (16 × 11 in.)
Collection no.: 2016.148.28
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C. — Martin Lewis. 1929.

Medium: etching and drypoint on Shogun wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 32.7 × 20 cm (12 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 40.64 × 27.94 cm (16 × 11 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.148.28. Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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