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A black and white photograph of a barber pole on a sidewalk.

The photograph shows a weathered, striped pole with a round top sitting on a sidewalk in front of a building with four steps leading up to a door over which hangs a sign that reads “Baths.” There are large windows to either side of the doorway. The pole sits on a square base, the bottom is rounded with three bands tapering in to a slightly inward curving section before flaring out to a wider lip. Above the lip is a round section, the central, striped section tapers slightly inward as it rises to a flared section and ends with the ball at the top.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.540.8
People
Wright Morris, American (Central City, Nebraska, USA 1910 - 1998 Mill Valley, California)
Title
Barber Pole, 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/337025

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
2010.540.8
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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