id: 155037 accession number: 1989.588 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.588 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:07.844000 View Upriver from Terminal Tower Looking Toward Hope Memorial Bridge, 1988. Cervin Robinson (American, 1928–2022). Gelatin silver print; image: 49.8 x 39.1 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.); paper: 50.6 x 40.7 cm (19 15/16 x 16 in.); matted: 67.3 x 54.6 cm (26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Funded by a grant from The Cleveland Foundation and the East Ohio Gas Company 1989.588 © 1989 Cervin Robinson title: View Upriver from Terminal Tower Looking Toward Hope Memorial Bridge title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1988 creation date earliest: 1988 creation date latest: 1988 current location: creditline: Funded by a grant from The Cleveland Foundation and the East Ohio Gas Company copyright: © 1989 Cervin Robinson --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Cervin Robinson (American, 1928–2022) - artist Born May 18, 1928. Photographer, historian, and critic Cervin Robinson is considered one of the most distinguished American architectural scholars. Born in Boston to an architect and his wife, Robinson's interest in topography, perspective, and the cultural significance of cities and buildings developed at the encouragement of his father and grew during his two-year duty in the U.S. Army. After earning a B.A. in English literature from Harvard University (1950), he worked as an assistant to Walker Evans in New York (1953-57), an experience that further sparked his fascination with American architecture. Over the years he has received numerous commissions from historical societies, the Library of Congress, architects and architectural magazines, and the film industry. Robinson's still photographs served as backdrops for Superman the Movie and Superman II. Robinson lectures and writes regularly for various architectural and academic periodicals, and has taught architectural photography at Columbia University. He has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1971) and directed a project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts/New York State Council on the Arts (1978). In 1978 he was named a J. Clauson Mills Scholar. In 1989 the Cleveland Museum of Art organized Cervin Robinson: Cleveland, Ohio, an exhibition and catalogue of black-and-white views of the city commissioned by the museum. Robinson lives in New York. A. W. --- measurements: Image: 49.8 x 39.1 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.); Paper: 50.6 x 40.7 cm (19 15/16 x 16 in.); Matted: 67.3 x 54.6 cm (26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black ink on verso: "© Cervin Robinson 1989"; in pencil: "J 526-1" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1997-11-16T00:00:00 Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1997-March 1, 1998). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, Nov. 22, 1989 - Jan. 20, 1990: "Cervin Robinson/Cleveland, Ohio," cat. p. 25.', 'opening_date': '1989-11-22T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Feb. 6 - April 15, 1990: "Year in Review 1989," CMA Bulletin, p. 68, no. 51 (not exhibited).', 'opening_date': '1990-02-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Lakewood, Ohio. The Beck Center for Cultural Arts, July 15 - August 12, 1990: "American Cities: The Artist\'s View," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1990-07-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 11/16/97 - 3/1/98. "Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection."', 'opening_date': '1997-11-16T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES