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Tool Shed with Scythe, near Norfolk, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names

Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image shows a wooden shed with a rake and an ax leaning against its exterior wall. The color palette is primarily monochrome, consisting of various shades of brown and grey. The shed occupies the right half of the image, with its entrance door open to reveal a dark interior space. The ax is on the left side of the doorway, and the rake is stationed diagonally, with its handle crossing in front of the door. A few wooden planks and other objects can be seen on the ground near the bottom.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

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

image: 22.5 × 17.9 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Accession Number

2018.15.55
Series Title

The Home Place

Artwork history & notes

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: 175.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: p10015

Wikidata ID

Q64170040

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