Front Door

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

This is a photograph of a wooden door with an ornate glass panel set into a clapboard wall. The photograph features a weathered wooden door framed by a wall of horizontal clapboards. Mounted on the door is a glass panel with an oval design, through which the reflection of a bare tree can be seen. The glass panel is adorned with decorative elements around its borders. The lower half of the door has rectangular elements that repeat some of the patterns from the glass panel. The clapboard siding shows signs of age with faintly worn paint, giving the overall scene a vintage or historical feel.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wright and Josephine Morris, Mill Valley, CA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Time Pieces: The Photographs and Words of Wright Morris, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16 – May 15, 1983

Bibliography

1983

  • Time Pieces: The Photographs and Words of Wright Morris. Exh. cat. Washington, DC, 1983: no. 2.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom center: 1983.97a

Wikidata ID

Q64170283

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