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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Tel & Tel

Tel & Tel

1952
(American, 1892–1973)
America, 20th century
lithograph on wove paper
Image: 40.6 x 30.3 cm (16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1080
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Lozowick evokes a variety of textures in this abstract image, including a rectangle with woodgrain at lower right.

Description

Ukranian-born Louis Lozowick immigrated to America in 1906 and made the modernity of his adopted home the primary subject of his work. This lithograph is one of many that he made over the following decades in a precise geometric style meant to emphasize the efficiency of American society. This abstracted image suggests the telephone system through repeated diagonals and vaguely mechanical forms.
  • Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY
    2011-2018
    James and Hanna Bartlett, Lincoln, MA
    December 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lozowick, Louis. The Prints of Louis Lozowick. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. p. 172, ill. no. 235, p. 173
  • {{cite web|title=Tel & Tel|url=false|author=Louis Lozowick|year=1952|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.1080