Front Room Reflected in Mirror

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image depicts a wooden paneled door slightly ajar, reflected in a circular mirror. The room is adorned with picture frames on a small table draped with a cloth. The color palette is black and white. In the reflection, the door is on the right, the table with framed photographs is in the center, and floral curtains hang on the left side. A framed portrait of a couple hangs on the wall near the doorframe, and a smaller photograph of a child is below it. The mirror features decorative motifs around the edge.
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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. 6.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom center: 1983.96a

Wikidata ID

Q64170120

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