Chair in Corner

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

A patterned rocking chair sits on a rug in the corner of a room with an oval-framed portrait hanging above it on a plain wall. The chair is positioned at an angle in the right corner, and the portrait is centered above it on the wall.
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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: 57.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris '47; by unknown hand, upper right in grease pen: 605; center left in graphite perpendicular: 33p; center right in graphite: OA 20352; center right in graphite circled and partially erased: 65; center in graphite circled: 5; center in red crayon: A; lower center in graphite circled in red pencil: Wright Morris from "The Home Place," / published by Charles Scribner; bottom right in graphite: 60+; bottom right in graphite: [illegible]56

Wikidata ID

Q64172065

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