Home Place

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

There is a wooden kitchen cabinet with its doors open, displaying various dishes and food items. The top shelf holds jars, small cans, and a couple of bowls, the middle shelf contains stacked plates, more bowls, and a mug, while the bottom shelf has bowls, a mug, cans, and a container. The objects are in a monochrome color scheme, lending an overall grayscale appearance to the scene. The cabinet is located centrally in the image, with many dishware items placed predominantly in the middle shelves, while smaller jars and containers occupy the top shelf and a cloth hangs from the partially open right door.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara A. Koenig and Stephen E. Arkin, San Francisco, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1948

  • Morris, Wright. The Home Place. New York, 1948: 28.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; bottom left in graphite: Home Place; by unknown hand, bottom left in red pencil circled: 4A

Wikidata ID

Q64169990

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