Girl at a Desk with an Open Book

1936

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor and pencil
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection no.: 2019.592.386
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Girl at a Desk with an Open Book — Wyndham Lewis. 1936.

Medium: Watercolor and pencil. Dimensions: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (37.8 × 27 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, Peco Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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