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Central City, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names

Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image displays a shelving unit containing files and papers organized in compartments, accompanied by two metal presses on a wooden cabinet drawer. The color palette is primarily various shades of gray. The shelving unit is in the center with neatly stacked files. Corn is placed horizontally above the files on the left side. The metal presses are positioned on the surface below the shelving unit, one on each side, with some twine and a utility knife between them on the wooden surface.

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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: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 25.6 × 20.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2018.15.109

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara A. Koenig and Stephen E. Arkin, San Francisco, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Arkin, Stephen

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; bottom left in graphite: Central City '47

Wikidata ID

Q64170295

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