Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00–5:00

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Bedroom with Portrait

1947, printed later

Wright Morris

Associated Names

Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image displays a room with floral-patterned wallpaper. A framed portrait of a person is hanging on the wall, slightly angled to the side. The person depicted has short, neatly combed hair and is dressed in attire with an oversized bow and decorative collar. Below the portrait, a wooden chair is placed against the wall, with dark fabric draped over the chair back and a light-colored cloth on the seat. The floor has a pattern, and through an open doorframe to the left, part of a bed with a patterned bedspread can be seen, along with more floral wallpaper in the room beyond.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Barbara A. Koenig and Stephen E. Arkin in memory of Josephine Morris
Dimensions

image: 24 × 19 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20.4 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2018.15.5
Series Title

The Home Place

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Arkin, Stephen

Bibliography

1948

Morris, Wright. The Home Place. New York, 1948: 21.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris

Wikidata ID

Q64170126

You may be interested in