Construction (September)
Construction (September)
Artist
Louis Lozowick
(1892 - 1973)
Date1943-1944
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 13 in. (25.1 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 1/16 in. (31.1 × 40.8 cm)
Framed: 17 in. × 20 1/4 in. × 1 1/8 in.
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 1/16 in. (31.1 × 40.8 cm)
Framed: 17 in. × 20 1/4 in. × 1 1/8 in.
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2012.278
Signedl.r., in pencil: Louis Lozowick '43 [signed by Adele Lozowick, artist's widow]
Accession number
2012.278
On View
Not on viewLabel TextLouis Lozowick immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1906 and was fascinated by. America’s rapid industrialization. Commissioned by E.F. Schmidt Co., a Milwaukee-based printing company, he designed 12 prints for their 1945 wall calendar, A Tribute to American Industry. Each image features a scene representing a specific American industry.
Lozowick participated in leftist political groups and was a member of the American Artists’ Congress, an organization opposing fascism. In a 1936 statement, the group emphasized the creative individual as a laborer, characterizing the artist as “a workman among workers.”
Louis Lozowick emigró a los Estados Unidos desde Rusia en 1906 y quedó fascinado con la rápida industrialización del país. Por encargo de la E.F. Schmidt Co., una imprenta de Milwaukee, diseñó 12 grabados para su calendario de pared de 1945 titulado Tributo a la industria estadounidense. Cada imagen presenta una escena que representa a una industria específica del país.
Lozowick participó en grupos políticos de izquierda y fue miembro del Congreso de Artistas Americanos, una organización que se oponía al fascismo. En una declaración de 1936, el grupo recalcó que una persona creativa era un obrero, caracterizando al artista como “un trabajador entre trabajadores”.
