Door and Store Fronts, Beaver Crossing, Nebraska

1947

Wright Morris

Associated Names
Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

This is a photograph of an old wooden building facade. It features a weathered wooden structure with vertical siding, displaying signs of age such as peeling paint and warping. The composition centers around a narrow panel door with a sealed overhead transom, flanked by two partial sections of the structure. One side shows a large window arch covered by a curtain. The image captures a contrast between shadows and sunlight, adding texture to the wooden surfaces. Above the roofline, the tops of distant trees are visible.
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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; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: Beaver Crossing, Neb. 1947 WM96

Wikidata ID

Q64172119

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