LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973) 57th Street.

LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
57th Street. Lithograph. 374x190 mm; 14¾x7½ inches, full margins. Edition of 40. Signed, dated " '30" and titled in pencil, lower margin. Printed by George Miller, New York. 1929.A superb, luminous impression of this scarce lithograph, with strong contrasts and all the details distinct. Flint 26.In the 1930s with the onset of the Great Depression, Lozowick turned toward depicting the social reality of New York City and its residents who were affected by economic despair. He also worked for public programs that supported artists, such as the New York Graphic Arts Division of the WPA and the Treasury Relief Art Project creating numerous prints and, most notably, in 1936, a mural for the New York City General Post Office.