Battle Creek, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

This is a photograph of a storefront with a bench in front of it. The storefront features a large window with the word "MILLINERY" painted across the top in bold, capital letters. Below the window is a simple wooden bench with peeling white paint. Within the window are small objects and a sign that reads, "AGENTS FOR THE MODEL CLEANERS & LAUNDRY." The building is constructed of vertical wooden panels, and to the right of the window, there is an electrical box with a chain attached. In the background, there is a glimpse of greenery and another building.
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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: 48.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris '47; bottom left in graphite: Home Place [crossed out] / Battle Creek, Neb. 1947; by unknown hand, center left in red pencil perpendicular: 19 [circled] 48; across center in graphite perpendicular: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; lower center in graphite perpendicular: 13455-90 / [line] / 91 / no 1205[illegible]; bottom center in graphite: #53

Wikidata ID

Q64169948

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