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Louis Lozowick

Luna Park, ca. 1929

Description

Maker

Title

Luna Park

Year

ca. 1929

Medium

Chalk, ink, pencil, and conté crayon on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

Sight: 45.1 x 32.7 cm (17 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In image, inscribed in ink, "Louis Lozowick" ; below image inscribed in pencil, "Luna Park (Drawing)"

Type

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stambler

Object Number

1994.091

About

Electrified in the night sky, the bright white forms of an amusement park jump out against a deep black background. At the lower right, the illuminated faces of thrill-seeking rollercoaster riders appear as ghastly masks.

Coney Island’s Luna Park made a perfect subject for artist Louis Lozowick, who was interested in the modernization and industrialization of the American urban landscape. Lozowick emigrated from Kiev (then part of Russia) to New York as a teenager, then went back to Europe to fight in the American army during World War I. During the war he became friends with a number of German and Russian avant-garde artists, returning home invested in their hard-edged, geometric style and monochrome palette.

In image, inscribed in ink, "Louis Lozowick" ; below image inscribed in pencil, "Luna Park (Drawing)"

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000

This image complements the Museum's strong holding of modernist drawings executed in America between 1910 and 1940, a period of originality that was influenced by technological, political, and social change. Lozowick first came to the U.S. in 1906, returned to Europe in 1920, and was back in New York in 1924. While in Europe, he joined the German Novembergruppe, which included El Lissitsky and Kasimir Malevich, and began to exhibit in 1921. This drawing depicts Coney Island, which was built in 1920 as an amusement park for New Yorkers. Lozowick executed a number of images that portray people engaged in a variety of urban activities.

Use

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