id:			159460
accession number:	1996.236
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.236
updated:		2023-12-08 21:50:54.298000

Pennsylvania Station (Interior of Empty Train Car), c. 1958. Louis Stettner (American, 1922–2016). Gelatin silver print; image: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.236

title:				Pennsylvania Station (Interior of Empty Train Car)
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creation date:			c. 1958
creation date earliest:		1953
creation date latest:		1963
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Louis Stettner (American, 1922–2016)  - artist
Louis Stettner American, 1922-2016

A writer, photographer, and teacher, Louis Stettner (born in Brooklyn) studied engineering at Princeton University (1940-42) and received a B.A. in photography and cinematography at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographique, Paris (1956). During a long career that began in the late 1940s, Stettner has worked as a freelance photographer for such publications as Time, Paris-Match, Du, Fortune, Réaltiés, and National Geographic and for various American and European commercial clients. He taught photography at Brooklyn College, Queensboro College, and Cooper Union, all in New York (1972-73), and at C. W. Post Center, Long Island University (1973-79).
	Stettner was a longtime member of the Photo League in New York, and his personal work exhibits a straightforward, documentary approach. Taking people as his central theme, he has published several books and photographic portfolios, including Paris Street Stories (1949), Workers: 24 Photographs (1974), Women: Portfolio (1976), and Sous Le Ciel de Paris (1994). He has received fellowships from Yaddo (1956, 1957) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1974) and a New York Creative Artists Public Service Grant (1973). Stettner lives in New York. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Penn Station ca 1958 Louis / Stettner"; "LS29"; "CD8049"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1997-11-16T00:00:00
	<i>Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1997-March 1, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 11/16/97 - 3/1/98.  "Industry and Photography:  Selections from the Permanent Collection."

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 330
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