Farm Building and Shadows, Winslow, Arizona

1943

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

The image shows a side view of a small wooden house with a gabled roof. The house is positioned slightly right of center. The perspective creates a sense of immediacy. The horizon line is not visible. The house dominates the right side of the scene with its simple rectangular windows and chimney rising up from the roofline. The house's wooden planks display soft shadows, emphasizing their texture. The sky is clear and forms a monochromatic gradient that contributes to the sepia-toned color palette of the photograph. A second building is visible in the distance at the edge of the image, partially obscured by a wooden fence. Bare branches add subtle detail against the sky.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Wright Morris; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 6-B #39 Winslow, Arizona '43; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: SOUTHWEST / (NEW MEXICO / OR ARIZONA); lower right in graphite: WM26B

Wikidata ID

Q64172116

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