In the Park

Object NamePrint

Artist / Maker Louis Lozowick (Russian, 1892 - 1973)

Date1929

MediumLithograph

Dimensions11 1/2 x 15 7/8 in. (29.2 x 40.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates

Credit LineGift of Lee Lozowick. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University.

Object numberum96.76

Status

Not on view

Collections

Works of Art on Paper & Photography

Edition34/50

Label TextLouis Lozowick was born in the village of Ludvinovka near Kiev in teh Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States in 1906. The abrupt entrance to urban American from village life forever and profoundly affected his aesthetic interpretation of modern life. Although academically trained in the graphic arts, he was self-taught in lithography, a medium that he truly made his own. Characterized by creative vitality and superb technical mastery, Lozowick's lithographs are amoung the finest created in twentieth-century America. Lozowick is particularly noted for his lithographic prints that portray the industrial city environment and architectural form. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For centuries, financial circumstances have influenced a person's place in society. This image was produced the same year as the Stock Market Crash which marked the beginning of the Great Depression. The man appears to be homeless and unemployed, fallen victim to a crumbling economy. Today, does and unstable day on Wall Street still send shock waves through society?

PeriodDepression Era

SignedLouis Lonowick '29 in pencil, lower right

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