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Tattered Curtain in Window, Pomona, California

c. 1943

Wright Morris

Artist, American, 1910 - 1998

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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/sheet: 22 × 19.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Accession

2018.15.153

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Arkin, Stephen

Bibliography

1946

Morris, Wright. The Inhabitants. New York, 1946: n.p.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Wright Morris; top left in graphite: 30's

Wikidata ID

Q64172136

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