The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Pier 29, San Francisco

Pier 29, San Francisco

1937
(American, 1900–1975)
Image: 18.8 x 24.1 cm (7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

A charter member of the influential West Coast circle of photographers, Group f/64, Sonya Noskowiak joined the struggle to define and practice progressive, "straight" photography in an era still dominated by the conservative pictorial aesthetic. In the early 1930s, she developed the industrial landscape as her particular interest. Her photographs render the surface textures of pipes, girders, rooftops, warehouses, and railroads in tones that range from deep black to startlingly pure white. In this sweeping, bird's-eye view of a San Francisco dock, Noskowiak deftly used light and shade to stress the geometric forms she saw in the urban environment.
  • Arthur Noskowiak (the artist's brother)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 237
  • CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).
    CMA, January 28 - March 15, 1992: "Selected Acquisitions," CMA Bulletin, 80 (February 1993), p. 69, no. 122.
  • {{cite web|title=Pier 29, San Francisco|url=false|author=Sonya Noskowiak|year=1937|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.239