Drawbridge

Louis Lozowick, Drawbridge, 1939, pencil and charcoal pencil on illustration board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1972.123, © 1939, Lee Lozowick
Louis Lozowick, Drawbridge, 1939, pencil and charcoal pencil on illustration board, image: 168 12 in. (40.621.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1972.123, © 1939, Lee Lozowick

Artwork Details

Title
Drawbridge
Date
1939
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 168 12 in. (40.621.6 cm)
Copyright
© 1939, Lee Lozowick
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
pencil and charcoal pencil on illustration board
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — bridge
Object Number
1972.123

Artwork Description

Lozowick’s fascination with bridges echoes the technological optimism that swept across America after World War I. He also believed that such subjects offered the opportunity to combine abstraction and representation in his art. Lozowick said, “There is no theoretical reason why the technical gains of abstraction cannot be used in the representation of an actual scene… If the graphic artist can avoid the danger of ornamental abstraction on the one hand and photographic realism on the other, if he can apply the force of new technical equipment to the wealth of new themes, no prospect for what he might accomplish would be too hopeful.”

Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009

Works by this artist (1036 items)

William H. Johnson, Young Pastry Cook, ca. 1928-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.693
Young Pastry Cook
Dateca. 1928-1930
oil on canvas
On view
William H. Johnson, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1935-1938, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.814
Portrait of a Man
Dateca. 1935-1938
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, Breakdown with Flat Tire, ca. 1940-1941, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.587
Breakdown with Flat Tire
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, For India and China, ca. 1944-1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.662
For India and China
Dateca. 1944-1945
oil on paperboard
On view