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1956

Louis Lozowick

Associated Names
Louis Lozowick

Artist, American, born Ukraine, 1892 - 1973

The image contains intersecting diagonal and horizontal lines, creating an abstract composition. Clustered shapes are spread out across the surface, resembling leaves or elongated grapes. These shapes are similar to abstract bird or foliage formations, floating in a sky with softly rendered clouds. In the lower left corner, there is a silhouette of a skeletal tree perched on a rocky ledge, grounding the abstract elements and connecting to a natural landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.7 x 33.5 cm (9 5/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 x 40.2 cm (11 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.80.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1982, no. 233

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Mickelson Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737), purchased March, 1975; gift to NGA, 1989.

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. 233.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Louis Lozowick'56 [cat. rais. gives date of 1951]

Wikidata ID

Q74884391

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