Real Estate #908614

1990

Henry Wessel

Associated Names
Henry Wessel

Artist, American, 1942 - 2018

The image shows a mid-20th-century suburban house viewed from the front. The house is painted in a pale pastel color with a red driveway in the foreground. The sky is clear and bright blue. A simple pathway leads to the front entrance, with sparse vegetation in small beds along the way. Angular shadows are cast on the driveway and entrance steps, suggesting overhead sunlight. Neighboring properties with a tree and a parked vehicle are partially visible on either side of the house.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Henry Wessel; lower left: 908614; lower center: CS 3

Wikidata ID

Q64155110

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