Chair and Tiled Floor

1938

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image shows a dark, ornately carved rocking chair in front of a textured grey wall beside a white door with a round doorknob and a black lock plate. The color palette is primarily shades of grey and black, and the floor displays a geometric pattern in various grey tones. The chair is placed slightly to the right of the door, with its backrest facing the viewer, and the door is on the left side of the image.
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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: 150.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: pg 157; upper center in graphite: 4"; top right in graphite circled and crossed out: 914; center in orange crayon crossed out: 71; center in red crayon crossed out with graphite: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow] / pp 150; lower right in graphite: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / 20 120 sc[?]; bottom right in graphite: p 151

Wikidata ID

Q64170195

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