1932
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1932 ink by Louis Lozowick, held at Museum of Modern Art.
A black-and-white drawing shows a large steam shovel digging in a flat, dry desert. A tall smokestack rises from the machine, and straight lines mark the harsh sunlight. This print was made using a technique called lithography, where the artist draws on stone with a greasy stick. The image looks sharp and clean because ink only sticks to the drawn lines. Lozowick often portrayed machines and cities, showing how modern life changed the world. The Museum of Modern Art holds this work in its collection. (98 words)
Louis Lozowick (1892–1973) was a Ukrainian-born American painter and printmaker. He is recognized as an Art Deco and Precisionist artist, and mainly produced streamline, urban-inspired monochromatic lithographs in a…
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