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Print
Brooklyn Bridge
Louis Lozowick, 1892 - 1973
Lozowick, Louis
United States
1892 - 1973
Male
15 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (40.3 x 28.9 cm)
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Printer's ink
1930
1930
1930
1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, Brooklyn, NY, cityscapes, lithographs
Print
Lozowick emphasized the Brooklyn Bridge’s verticality by his dramatic treatment of the cable lines. Also, in the juxtaposition of the human forms with the bridge’s monumental tower, the impact of its sheer mass is heightened.
The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 24, 1883, after thirteen tumultuous years of work to complete the plan originated by John Roebling. It fulfilled the prediction that he offered in his original proposal:
"The contemplated work, when constructed in accordance with my design, will not only be the greatest bridge in existence, but it will be the great engineering work of the Continent and of the age. Its most conspicuous feature - the great towers - will serve as landmarks to the adjoining cities, and they will be entitled to be ranked as national monuments. As a great work of art, and a successful specimen of advanced bridge engineering, the structure will forever testify to the energy, enterprise, and wealth of that community which shall secure its erection."
[Label text, 2003]
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1931.25
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
31.25SL1
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31.25DI1
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7/3/2002
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31.25DI#2
digital image
1/8/2010
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Print
City on a Rock—Cohoes
Louis Lozowick, 1892 - 1973
Lozowick, Louis
United States
1892 - 1973
Male
11 1/2 x 15 15/16 in. (29.2 x 40.5 cm)
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1931
1931
1931
1900-2000, 20th century, cityscapes, Cohoes, NY, lithographs
Print
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1933.10
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
33.10DI1
digital image
7/3/2002
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33.10DI#2
digital image
8/26/2010
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Drawing
Aeroplane, Image Thrown on a Screen
Louis Lozowick, 1892 - 1973
Lozowick, Louis
United States
1892 - 1973
Male
13 x 18 3/8 in. (33 x 46.6 cm)
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Graphite and black ink with white paint
Graphite and black ink with white paint
ca. 1926-1927
1926
1927
Drawing
Lozowick’s style, Precisionism, was practiced by many American artists between the wars. Although it was not a unified artistic movement, Precisionist artists did share an interest in technological themes and a style that celebrated the precise lines and formal beauty of machines. As a proponent of the industrial aesthetic, Louis Lozowick was involved in organizing the widely-influential 1927 <em>Machine-Age Exposition</em> in New York City. This groundbreaking exhibition included machines and machine parts alongside paintings, sculptures, and drawings by avant-garde artists.
This drawing was likely related to Lozowick’s set design for a 1926 production of George Kaiser’s play <em>Gas</em>, about the dehumanization and need for spiritual regeneration caused by industrialization. Lozowick constructed wooden structures of his machine ornaments and projected the images onto screens to create a mechanically-themed set design.
[label text for <em>Modern Icon: The Machine As Subject in American Art</em> exhibition, February 3 – March 6, 2012]
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2004.1
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Memorial Art Gallery
12/2/2003
2004.1DI1
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2004.1DI#2
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11/18/2011
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