Norman Lewis
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personAmerican, 1909–1979
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Selected Works124

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney
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MoMA
MoMA
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Met
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Previous Sales 38

Christie's
Awakening
Awakening, 1969
Bought In
May 2026
Sotheby's
Gathering
Gathering, 1956
Unknown
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled (Rhododendrons)
Untitled (Rhododendrons), 1950
$80,000
Oct 2025
Christie's
Orpheus
Orpheus, 1953
$214,200
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
News Boy
News Boy, 1940
$30,000
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Portrait)
Untitled (Portrait), 1944
$7,500
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1946
Unknown
Sep 2022
Sotheby's
Snow in the City
Snow in the City, 1949
Unknown
Nov 2021
Christie's
Many Perish, Many Plant Themselves
Many Perish, Many Plant Themselves, 1959
$143,750
Nov 2021
Sotheby's
Evening Rhapsody
Evening Rhapsody
Unknown
May 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$16,000
Mar 2021
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1951
$32,500
Sep 2019
Christie's
By the Light of the Moon
By the Light of the Moon
$137,500
Sep 2017
Christie's
Street Scene
Street Scene, 1941
$439,500
May 2017
Christie's
Cityscape
Cityscape, 1944
$50,000
May 2017
Christie's
Countless Upward
Countless Upward
$12,000
Jan 2005
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled (Abstraction).
Untitled (Abstraction).
$13,970
Apr 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Subway Scene.
Subway Scene.
$21,590
Oct 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled (Subway Series).
Untitled (Subway Series).
$13,970
Oct 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
The Dishwasher.
The Dishwasher.
Bought In
Oct 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled
Untitled
$17,500
Apr 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Togetherness
Togetherness
$11,875
Apr 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
A Certain Total
A Certain Total
$32,500
Feb 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled
Untitled
$26,250
Feb 2025
Swann Auction Galleries
Untitled
Untitled
$30,000
Oct 2024

For Sale 4

ACA Galleries · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1965
Price on request
Oil on canvas
Schoelkopf Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1970
US$100,000–US$150,000
Pen, ink, and oil on paper
Schoelkopf Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1976
US$75,000–US$100,000
Oil on paper
Schoelkopf Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1962
US$200,000–US$300,000
Oil on paper
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Education1

Columbia University School of the Arts
New York, NY, USA
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Publications1

Exhibition Catalog 1

I've Seen the Wall: Louis Armstrong auf Tour in der DDR 1965
Hatje Cantz · 2023
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions8

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#5,523 NEXT:SPACE

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Jul 29, 2023 — Sep 2, 2023

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis: Shades of Blackness

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 18, 2021 — Jan 29, 2022

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis Canvas

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 12, 2015 — Feb 10, 2016

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Stone and Metal: Lithographs and Etchings by Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis

Nov 3, 2015 — Apr 3, 2016

Stone and Metal: Lithographs and Etchings by Norman Lewis November 3, 2015–April 3, 2016

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis: Small Paintings and Drawings

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

Sep 12, 2014 — Nov 15, 2014

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis: Black on White At the gallery

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 24, 2009 — Jan 2, 2010

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis The Artist's Mind: 1940s – Sketch Pad

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

Mar 6, 2007 — Mar 31, 2007

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#183 Bill Hodges Gallery

Norman Lewis Master Paintings: from 1943- 1977

Norman Lewis

529 W 20th St #10E, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 15, 2004 — Jun 5, 2004

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
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Recent Activity20

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Adam Lindemann opens exhibition of 19th-century African sculpture and contemporary Black abstraction
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