Dresser Drawer, Ed's Place, Near Norfolk, Neb.

Artist Wright Morris (American, 1910 - 1998)

Date1947; printed ca. 1975

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19.05 x 24.13 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1986

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print

On View

Not on view

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DescriptionOverhead image of a dresser with an open drawer. Dresser top is covered with a cloth. Hairbrush, pocketwatch and photographs on top of dresser. Flashlight, box of bullets and pharmaceuticals inside drawer.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 -June 13, 1982, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

Twentieth-Century Photographers: Selections from the HPC. Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, March 28 - April 27, 1996, no cat.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Halmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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