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A black and white photograph of a large white building against a dark sky.

The photograph shows a large white building with the word “Gano” written near the top against a dark sky. The façade of the building is rough textured with sets of two holes spaced across the front at intervals from close to the bottom to the top. The building has a tall narrow upper story with a pointed inverted V-shaped roof and a window at the center. The next story widens out slightly with a steeply sloped roof, the walls are vertical and drop to the next story with a steeply sloped room and vertical walls, the bottom story roof is also steeply sloped and is inset from the story above.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.540.1
People
Wright Morris, American (Central City, Nebraska, USA 1910 - 1998 Mill Valley, California)
Title
Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Wright Morris Portfolio
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1940, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Kansas
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337018

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
mount: 43 x 35.5 cm (16 15/16 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, b.r. below image, in graphite: Wright Morris
  • label: verso, bottom center, pre-printed label and graphite: The Wright Morris Portfolio [over] 1 [over] print number [over] set number [over] 43 [over] From a portfolio [over] containing twelve prints [over] and limited to fifty sets. [over] Published 1980 by [over] Witkin-Berley, Ltd. [over] Roslyn Heights, New York 11577
  • inscription: verso, b.l. in graphite: from 98718-111

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
43/50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright
© Estate of Wright Morris, Courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.540.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/30/2017 - 10/19/2017

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