Wagon

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image shows a wooden cart viewed from a low angle. The wooden structure of the cart is in the center of the composition. The horizon is low, with the landscape sloping slightly downward, revealing dense, leafless bushes in the background. The cart's wooden slats form an intricate pattern with visible grain and texture. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray. The sky above is visible through the cart's structure, lightly clouded.
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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: 72.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top left perpendicular and circled in graphite: 91.0; center left perpendicular in red pencil: 33; center perpendicular in red pencil: pp 72; vertical across center in graphite: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; center right perpendicular in graphite: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / no 1205[illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64169991

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