id: 159702
accession number: 1996.407
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.407
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Early Traffic, 1933. Lawrence Schreiber (American, 1904–1982). Gelatin silver print; image: 17.4 x 20.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary and William Kubat 1996.407
title: Early Traffic
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creation date: 1933
creation date earliest: 1933
creation date latest: 1933
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creditline: Gift of Mary and William Kubat
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Lawrence Schreiber (American, 1904–1982) - artist
A specialist in the pictorialist techniques of bromoil transfer and gum bichromate, Lawrence Schreiber spent more than 40 years creating evocative photographs of Cleveland harbor and the Flats. While supporting himself until 1967 as the chief librarian of the Cleveland Press, he was active in local camera clubs, the Photographic Society of America, and the New Pictorialists Society. He preferred the bromoil and gum bichromate processes because they afforded more opportunities for manupulating the printing process, thus facilitating personal expression. Through these techniques he attained subtle tonal variations and emphasized qualities of abstract pictorial design. In 1954 he exhibited with the New Pictorialists at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and at the Pasadena Central Library. Posthumous exhibitions of Schreiber graphs were organized by the Cleveland Public Library (1989–90) and the Beck Center in Lakewood, Ohio (1991).
"Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 237
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measurements: Image: 17.4 x 20.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "9"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946
opening date: 1996-05-19T04:00:00
Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).
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).
title: Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age
opening date: 2004-03-28T00:00:00
Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 28-July 18, 2004).
title: From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression
opening date: 2017-08-13T04:00:00
From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Gallery One - 1G: May 16, 2016-October 17, 2016', 'opening_date': '2016-05-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: p.121; Mentioned: p. 120,
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