Subway Construction

1931

Louis Lozowick

Associated Names
Louis Lozowick

Artist, American, born Ukraine, 1892 - 1973

The image shows a construction site from an overhead and slightly slanted viewpoint. Buildings, a bridge, and a complex construction framework are visible. The artwork is grayscale with precise and detailed brushstrokes, creating strong contrasts between light and shadow. The color palette consists of varying tones of black, white, and gray. A figure walks alongside buildings with clotheslines. Further back, structures and a bridge are seen, becoming less defined as they fade into the background haze.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sylvan Cole Gallery, NY); Reba and Dave Wiliams, Greenwich, CT, 2002; Print Research Foundation Stamford, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Flint, Janet A. The Prints of Louis Lozowick: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1982, no. 86.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 7/50; lower right in graphite: Louis Lozowick '31; lower right in block: LL [artist's monogram]; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: Subway Construction; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 3F [inverted] / #02.6862

Watermarks

BFK

Wikidata ID

Q76440819

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