New York (Brooklyn Bridge)

Louis Lozowick, artist

1892–1973

New York (Brooklyn Bridge), 1923

Where object was made: New York, New York, United States

Material/technique: wove paper; lithograph

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 288 x 228 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 5/16 x 9 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Bequest of George and Annette Cross Murphy

Accession number: 1989.0173

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Artist Louis Lozowick depicts the bustling and energetic life of New York City through the dramatic geometric shapes that fill the black and white print. The towers and swooping cables of the Brooklyn Bridge fill the lower left corner, like it is the foundation of the city. The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge started in 1883 and lasted 14 years. The Bridge has played a significant role in contributing to the vitality of New York City by connecting the large burrows of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was the largest steel suspension bridge ever built at that time, and it has become a landmark of the city.

Bridges are important structures in cities. They create easier access between people, places, and buildings. What other structures are important in cities? Why are they important?

Create a work of art about an important structure where you live.

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By the time he was 26, Lozowick had studied art at the Kiev Art School in Russia, the National Academy of Design in New York, and Ohio State University. He then studied in both Paris and Berlin. By 1926, when he joined the editorial board of the left-wing journal New Masses, he was well-versed in current artistic developments in Europe, such as Constructivism and de stijl. These hard-edged, linear styles, evident in New York (Brooklyn Bridge), suggest the possibility of an efficient reframing of the world, as did the political theories espoused in New Masses.

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Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
By the time he was 26, Lozowick had studied art at the Kiev Art School in Russia, at the National Academy of Design in New York, and at Ohio State University. He then studied in both Paris and Berlin. By 1926, when he joined the editorial board of the left-wing journal New Masses, he was well versed in current artistic developments in Europe, such as Constructivism and de stijl. These hard-edged, linear styles, evident in New York (Brooklyn Bridge), suggest the possibility of an efficient reframing of the world, as did the political theories espoused in New Masses. A version of this lithograph was planned as a cover for New Masses but was never used for that purpose.