Missouri Pacific Line Wagon, Panama, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image shows a black-and-white photograph of an old wooden cart with metal wheels. The cart is empty and positioned in the center of the composition. There are vertical wooden beams rising above its flatbed, casting shadows below. The ground is made up of grass and a dirt path. In the background, open fields stretch out into the distance with sparse trees and a wire fence. The sky appears clear with a utility pole and wire running across the image. The monochromatic palette emphasizes the contrast between the textures of the cart, grass, and land.
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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: 66.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: '47 Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top center in red pencil inverted: pp66; vertical across center in graphite: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; lower left in graphite perpendicular: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / no 1205[illegible]; bottom right in graphite circled: 89.0

Wikidata ID

Q64169956

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