Duet-Peru
1969
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lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 51 x 35.9 cm (20 1/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee Lozowick in memory of his father
Accession Number
1995.86.6
Art Historical Context
Louis Lozowick’s 1969 lithograph *Duet-Peru* invites viewers into a striking black-and-white composition printed on wove paper. Created late in the artist’s career, the work measures roughly 20 by 14 inches, its modest scale inviting intimate contemplation. The title hints at a musical pairing set against a Peruvian backdrop, suggesting themes of harmony and place that Lozowick distilled into crisp, graphic form. Lithography, the medium chosen here, allows for velvety blacks and delicate tonal gradations that emphasize both precision and atmosphere. As a print, the image could reach multiple ...
About the Artist
Louis Lozowick
Louis Lozowick was born in 1892 in Liudvynivka, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine), into a Jewish family. He received his earliest artistic training at the Kiev Art School before emigrating to the United States, where he continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in New York from 1912 to 1915 and subsequently earned a degree from Ohio State University in 1918....