LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973) Distant Manhattan from

LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Distant Manhattan from Brooklyn. Lithograph. 202x334 mm; 8x13¼ inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 200. Published by the American Artists Group, New York. 1937.A very good impression. Flint 145.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.