Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image features a top-down view of a dry, cracked ground surface. The cracked earth forms a web of lines, with some cracks deeper and darker. Dry grass tufts are scattered throughout the surface. Two weathered wooden planks are in the center-bottom area. The color palette is predominantly grey, with subtle shading to enhance details.
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Artwork overview

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: 58.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; bottom left in graphite: Nebraska '47; by unknown hand, top right in graphite circled: 91.5; top center in red pencil circled and crossed out: 27[?]; upper left in red pencil: pp58; across center in graphite: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; center right in graphite: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / No 1205[illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64170253

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