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A black and white photograph of the interior of a barbershop.

The black and white photograph shows the interior of a barbershop. The barber’s chair is in the center foreground, it is turned to the view, the seat is black, the arms and around the base are white, there is a towel on the headrest and fabric draped over the right arm of the chair. A light hangs from the ceiling above the chair. Along the back wall is a large wooden set of shelves with several mirrors, cases of tools, and a lamp. A wall clock and a customer are reflected in the center mirror. Two straps for sharpening straight razors hand from the edge of the counter on the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.540.5
People
Wright Morris, American (Central City, Nebraska, USA 1910 - 1998 Mill Valley, California)
Title
Barbershop, Weeping Water, 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/337022

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
2010.540.5
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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