The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Studio 75
printed 2022
(American, b. 1936)
Image: 18.6 x 23.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 21.4 x 28.1 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Transfer from Ingalls Library 2022.83
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Columbus, Ohio, native Adger Cowans was one of the first Black students to earn a degree in photography from Ohio University.Description
Cowans received his bachelor’s degree there in 1958, just 15 years after the school became the first college to offer a major in photography. In the 1960s, Cowans was a founding member of the New York City photographic collective Kamoinge, which became an important part of the Black Arts Movement. A painter as well as photographer, Cowans was also a member of AfriCOBRA, the Chicago-based artists’ group that helped define a Black aesthetic in art.- {{cite web|title=Studio 75|url=false|author=Adger Cowans|year=printed 2022|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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