Future Exhibition

October 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010   This exhibition presents 58 photographs chronicling the evolution of photography from a scientific curiosity in the 1850s to one of the most potent forms of artistic expression of the 20th century. The collection of American photographs at the Cleveland Museum of Art is known for its breadth, iconic imagery, and stunning physical condition. Masters of the medium, like Matthew Brady, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, Eadweard Muybridge, Clarence H. White, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Margaret Bourke-White, James VanDerZee, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Aaron Siskind are featured, and works encompass a variety of subject matter including portraiture, the Western landscape, Pictorialism, documentary photography, and abstraction.

Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), Georgia O'Keeffe , 1933. full credit This exhibition is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art. This exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Complementing this exhibition, the Frick will present an exhibition entitled Children's Hospital 1951: Photographs by Esther Bubley, a selection of about 20 photographs by Esther Bubley (1921–1998), on loan from the Children’s Hospital Foundation. In 1951, Bubley, a master of artistic composition and storytelling, was hired by the Pittsburgh Photographic Library to live at the hospital and take photographs of the doctors at work over a period of several weeks.

Forty prints from this series were chosen by Edward Steichen to be included in his groundbreaking 1952 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Diogenes with a Camera. Bubley’s ability to capture the innate power of the candid, unguarded moment creates an uncanny, almost voyeuristic frankness, which is ultimately tempered by the humanity of her point of view.

Support
Support for the Pittsburgh presentation of Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art and Children's Hospital 1951: Photographs by Esther Bubley is provided, in part, by The Fine Foundation.

Exhibition Opening/Family Family Fun Day - Saturday, October 3
Join the Frick for a family celebration of the opening of our newest exhibitions! Take an interactive tour of Icons of American Photography, explore our site through a photo-scavenger hunt, design you own close-up collage, and take home a free souvenir portrait from our fantastic photo booth. FREE.