Allentown Art Museum Acquires Paintings by Marion Ewald, Fletcher Martin and Mary Tobias Putman

ALLENTOWN, PA.- The Allentown Art Museum recently added 12 works of art to its collections, thanks to the generosity of several donors. Gifts included paintings, prints, textiles and costume. Two of the paintings, “Urchin’s Game” by Fletcher Martin and “Connecticut Backyards” by Marion Ewald were gifted by Mike Slosberg and Janet Cohn-Slosberg and have added significantly to the museum’s holdings of early mid 20th-century American art. A third painting, “Self-Portrait at 65” by Mary Tobias Putman, was a special gift from the American Academy of the Arts under a special program intended to help selected museums expand their holdings of works by contemporary artists. To date, the Allentown Art Museum has received three outstanding works under this program. “Urchin’s Game,” by California artist Fletcher Martin (1904–1979), is a gritty portrayal of young boys

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