Tool Shed Doorway

1952

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image displays an interior scene with a large wooden panel on the right, a coiled rope in the center, and hanging fabric or garments on the left. The color palette is monochrome with shades of black, white, and gray. The wooden panel is on the right, the coiled rope hangs from a wooden stick slightly left of the center, and the hanging garments are near the left edge, with smaller objects scattered in the lower portion.
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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: 7.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; bottom center in graphite: Barn[crossed out] / Tool Shed Doorway near New / Albany, 1952; by unknown hand, top left in red crayon circled: page 7; top right in graphite circled: 91.7; center in red pencil: [arrow] 5 3/4 [arrow]; lower center in red pencil: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; lower right in graphite: B455-90 / [line] / 91 / No 1205 [illegible]; bottom left in graphite: #94

Wikidata ID

Q64170260

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