The Peace
1985
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View on museum website →Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19.7 x 18.7 cm (7 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 35 x 33.9 cm (13 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Accession Number
2007.6.52
Art Historical Context
**The Peace** (1985) by Luciozi is a delicate drawing that captures the artist's nuanced approach to abstraction. Rendered in watercolor and graphite on wove, the intimate image measures 19. x 18.7 cm, centered on a larger sheet of 35 x 33.9 cm. Watercolor's translucent washes lend a sense of ethereality and subtle color shifts, while graphite provides precise, tactile lines—techniques ideal for evoking quiet introspection on smooth wove paper, a favored support for fine contemporary drawings. Created in the mid-1980s, amid New York's vibrant postwar art scene, Pozzi's work reflects late-20th...