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 (5 items)

Frederick Brown, Junior Wells, 1989, oil on linen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by William Cost Johnson, George W. Story, Robert J. Oliver and Mrs. Barwig-Wagner, 1990.31
Junior Wells
Date1989
oil on linen
Not on view
Frederick Brown, Green Window, 1970, oil, silica, and glue on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gerald L. Pearson, 1995.22.2, © 1970, Frederick J. Brown
Green Window
Date1970
oil, silica, and glue on canvas
Not on view
Frederick Brown, John Henry, 1979, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gerald L. Pearson, 1995.22.1, © 1979, Frederick J. Brown
John Henry
Date1979
oil on canvas
Not on view
Frederick Brown, Stagger Lee, 1983, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1991.40, © 1983, Frederick J. Brown
Stagger Lee
Date1983
oil on canvas
Not on view