Allen Street

1929

Louis Lozowick

Associated Names
Louis Lozowick

Artist, American, born Ukraine, 1892 - 1973

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

This is a drawing of a city street scene under an elevated railway. The structural beams of the elevated railway dominate the top of the image, casting shadows across the street below. Vintage cars are parked alongside the curb. Faint outlines of people can be seen walking along the sidewalk, and shop windows line the street side. Light filters through the gaps in the metal structure, creating a pattern on the ground. The drawing uses strong lines and textures to convey architectural details in the city street.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 x 28.5 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.2 x 40 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.141

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1982, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.); Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737), purchased October 30, 1973; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1982

  • Flint, Janet A. The Prints of Louis Lozowick: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1982, no. 14.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 7/20; lower right in graphite: Louis Lozowick '29; lower right in image: printed artist's monogram; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Allen Street

Markings

Stamped in black ink of verso: JK [Jacob Kainen]

Wikidata ID

Q76347611

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