Basket of Cobs, 1947

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series Title

The Home Place

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet: 22.3 × 19.2 cm (8 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2018.15.42

Artists / Makers

Wright Morris (artist) American, 1910 - 1998

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top left in graphite circled and crossed out with blue pencil: 3; top left in blue pencil: 68; top center printed in black ink on applied label: and corn on the cob, is the staple food, and then the staple fuel. Cobs / are also known to serve for other purposes on a dirt farm.

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: 131.