Corncrib with Cobs at Window

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image features a rustic wooden window divided into four panes, with dried corncobs behind each pane. The color palette is grayscale, emphasizing textures and shades of wood grain and corncobs. The window is slightly slanted, with corncobs tightly packed behind the dusty glass panes and the aged wooden frame showing signs of weathering.
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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: 34.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Wright Morris; on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top left in black crayon: 10; top right in graphite: 1947

Wikidata ID

Q64170117

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