DETAILS
- Artist
- Louis Lozowick
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- Lithograph on cream laid paper
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- Image: 26 × 33.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 43.5 cm (13 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Culture
- United States
- Credit line
- Walter S. Brewster Prize
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THE ARTIST
Louis Lozowick
Louis Lozowick, a Ukrainian-born American artist, masterfully captured the dynamic energy of modern cities through his streamline, urban-inspired lithographs.
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