Steel Valley

1936 (published 1942)

Louis Lozowick

Associated Names
Louis Lozowick

Artist, American, born Ukraine, 1892 - 1973

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows an industrial landscape from an elevated viewpoint. Two workers are climbing a telegraph pole in the foreground. In the background, there are numerous smokestacks emitting dark smoke against a cloudy sky. The horizon line is visible with hills in the distance. The color scheme is mainly gray and black, emphasizing the factory structures. Linear brushstrokes depict the industrial scene, with steam adding movement. A river curves through the valley, with a boat in it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 x 34 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.7 x 48.8 cm (12 1/2 x 19 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.99.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1982, no. 141

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased May 22, 1975; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

Bibliography

1982

  • Flint, Janet A. The Prints of Louis Lozowick: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1982, no. 141.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 63, no. 520.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: [artist's monogram]; lower right in graphite: Louis Lozowick

Markings

stamped: RCK

Wikidata ID

Q76347664

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