Chapman, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

This is a photograph of a collage made from newspaper clippings. The image shows several newspaper and magazine clippings of various sizes, arranged in a layered fashion, overlapping each other. The text on the papers varies in font size and style, with some sections appearing to be poems or short stories, while others look like articles or advertisements. The papers are yellowed, suggesting age, and the clippings exhibit different levels of wear, with some slightly torn or creased. The overall composition is monochromatic.
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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: 139.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top right in graphite circled: 91.7; upper center in orange crayon: 64; center in red crayon: pp 139; across center in graphite: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; lower right in graphite: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / no / 120 sc[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64170258

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