New York

1923

Louis Lozowick

Associated Names
Louis Lozowick

Artist, American, born Ukraine, 1892 - 1973

The image consists of sharp geometric lines and shapes arranged in a dense composition. The forms suggest a city skyline with angular buildings and curving highways intertwining. The design evokes a cityscape with rectangular shapes resembling windows and pointed silhouettes hinting at rooftops and towers, creating an abstract representation of architectural elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.2 x 22.8 cm (11 1/2 x 9 in.)
    sheet: 40.1 x 28.9 cm (15 13/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1982, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(E. Weyhe, Inc., New York?); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 4, 1970?; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 75.

Bibliography

1982

  • Flint, Janet A. The Prints of Louis Lozowick: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1982, no. 6.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Louis Lozowick '23

Wikidata ID

Q76347628

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