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Pier 29, San Francisco
1937 · gelatin silver print
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.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Sonya Noskowiak
Artist
WA-00036238
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3
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5
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Sonya Noskowiak was an American photographer known for her precise, formally composed studies of natural forms and architectural detail. Working primarily in black and white during the mid-twentieth century, she developed a distinctive approach to close observation that emphasized tonal range and geometric clarity. Her work sits within the modernist photography lineage of the 1930s, 1950s, marked by an unflinching attention to surface, shadow, and structure.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (3)
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3 published of 4 catalogued · 2 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
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2 entries · 1 sources
- 1937 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1930 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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