The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
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.)
Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund 1992.239
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)
- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Mentioned: p. 69 www.jstor.orgCleveland 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.
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