"Both paintings that appear in the series were high-resolution replicas, custom printed and framed after the production's set design team reached a licensing agreement with the Norman Lewis Estate, which is exclusively represented by in New York. The agreement stipulated that the replicas be marked as inauthentic on their versos and required proof of destruction after filming was complete. Both Lewis and the gallery are acknowledged in the credits."
"Behind Jarvis, and holding pride of place in a bespoke niche, is a painting by the first-generation Abstract Expressionist artist Norman Lewis, Promenade (1961). A picture light illuminates the raw canvas dotted with Lewis's signature style of calligraphic forms, in this instance in red, blue and white, and the painting frames Jarvis's face in several shots. Even though Jarvis has just moved into this suburban mansion"
Norman Lewis paintings Promenade (1961) and Street Musicians (1948) appear as prominent visual elements in Netflix's thriller miniseries The Beast in Me (2025). The production displayed Promenade unpacked and installed in a home office, where lighting and placement frame a character in multiple shots, while Street Musicians is unboxed but left unhung in a stairwell, evoking jazz energy. Both works were reproduced as high-resolution custom prints under a licensing agreement with the Norman Lewis Estate and its New York gallery representative. The contract required inauthentic markings on versos and mandated proof of destruction after filming, with credits acknowledging Lewis and the gallery.
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