This shadowy and mysterious Martin Lewis etching from 1932 presents a lone young woman dressed for a night on the town.
Is she on her way to a date or a party—or is she coming back alone, mourning another evening that didn’t quite pan out as she’d hoped?
Tags: " New York art, "Night on the Town, Depression in New York City, Martin Lewis, New York etchings, New York in 1932, New York street, woman alone New York street
Ephemeral New York 
August 20, 2012 at 6:09 am |
Obviously can’t believe what she’s seen through the window!Hurry,walk faster>
August 20, 2012 at 3:51 pm |
Almost looks like an Edward Gorey picture to me.
August 22, 2012 at 3:17 pm |
The city is a woman. A sultry, fickle goddess of steel and mortar. A crumbling Venus coarsely veiled in a cloak of steel sinewed seduction, forever casting an icy shadow over all who dare cling too tightly to her bosom. Not your ordinary whistle-bait.