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Sky Overcast, one of several images that Louis Lozowick created of telephone wires, is both a naturalistic landscape and an abstract composition. The soft forms of the clouds contrast with the straight black lines of the wires, which bend into unusual angles and shapes. Meanwhile, a single tree in the left corner both grounds and disorients us, prompting us to question our actual vantage point in the landscape.
Originally from a small village in what is now Ukraine, Louis Lozowick immigrated to the United States as a child. During the 1920s, he spent several years in Europe, living in Paris and Berlin. Lozowick became closely associated with the Russian constructivists working in Germany, and their emphasis on technology and abstract geometric forms profoundly influenced his work. Beginning in the 1930s, however, Lozowick also began creating landscapes, exploring the interaction between the natural world and human technology.
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Sara Woodbury, DMA label copy, 2011.
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Created 1951
April 2011
Checked Piction
Provenance taken from Brain---due to time constraints did not research further.
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Lozowick, Louis (American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1892-1973)
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From 1954: Dallas Museum of Art, Henson Printing Company Prize, 1st Annual Dallas National Print Exhibition, 1953 [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Musuem of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Musuem of Art in 1983.
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC~Learn more about the life and works of Louis Lozowick.
- Brooklyn Museum~View another lithograph by Louis Lozowick entitled Hanover Square from 1929.
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General Description
Sky Overcast, one of several images that Louis Lozowick created of telephone wires, is both a naturalistic landscape and an abstract composition. The soft forms of the clouds contrast with the straight black lines of the wires, which bend into unusual angles and shapes. Meanwhile, a single tree in the left corner both grounds and disorients us, prompting us to question our actual vantage point in the landscape.
Originally from a small village in what is now Ukraine, Louis Lozowick immigrated to the United States as a child. During the 1920s, he spent several years in Europe, living in Paris and Berlin. Lozowick became closely associated with the Russian constructivists working in Germany, and their emphasis on technology and abstract geometric forms profoundly influenced his work. Beginning in the 1930s, however, Lozowick also began creating landscapes, exploring the interaction between the natural world and human technology.
Excerpt from
Sara Woodbury, DMA label copy, 2011.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC~Learn more about the life and works of Louis Lozowick.
- Brooklyn Museum~View another lithograph by Louis Lozowick entitled Hanover Square from 1929.
Notes
Created 1951
April 2011
Checked Piction
Provenance taken from Brain---due to time constraints did not research further.
Geography unverified
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Lozowick, Louis (American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1892-1973)
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1954: Dallas Museum of Art, Henson Printing Company Prize, 1st Annual Dallas National Print Exhibition, 1953 [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Musuem of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Musuem of Art in 1983.
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