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Artist/Maker
Wright Morris
(American, 1910 - 1998)
Date1950
MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24 × 19 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2016.17.39
Not on view
DescriptionAs a young photographer, Wright Morris traveled across the United States from California to Cape Cod. On this trip, which he later called an “eye-opener,” he encountered a culture still burdened by the Great Depression but blessed with great natural beauty. “I saw the American landscape crowded with ruins I wanted to salvage,” he said. “The depression created a world of objects toward which I felt affectionate and possessive. I ran a high fever of enthusiasm, and believed myself chosen to record this history, before it was gone.” Morris took up the job of a documentarian throughout his life, recording details like the Door to Pennsylvania Dutch school house (1950).
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Additional Details
Provenance
2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings
None noted.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"Door to Pennsylvania Dutch School House / Photo by Wright Morris,1950 [1950 in black pen]" on verso upper left in red pen [in the artist's wife's hand].
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Date: 1925-26
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Object number: WCP.XXX.15