A black and white photograph of a room reflected in an oval mirror.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows a corner of a room reflected in an oval mirror. The mirror hangs on a wall with patterned wallpaper. On the left side is a long flowered curtain panel, a photograph in a round frame hangs to the right. There is a table in the corner covered with a cloth, the top hold numerous framed photographs. A framed photograph hangs above the table next to a five paneled wooden door. On the far right is a patterned curtain. The surface of the mirror is slightly wavy which distorts the reflection.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.540.4
People
Wright Morris, American (Central City, Nebraska, USA 1910 - 1998 Mill Valley, California)
Title
Front Room Reflected in Mirror, The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Wright Morris Portfolio
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1947, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Nebraska
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337021

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
2010.540.4
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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