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MORRIS,WRIGHT (1910-1998)
Portfolio titled “Wright Morris” with 12 (of 12) photographs depicting the American scene in the
1940s. Silver prints, each measuring approximately 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse,
each with Morris’ signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and with the Witkin-Berley portfolio label
with the print and edition number 36, in pencil, on mount verso. Small folio, cream cloth clamshell
box with a gilt-lettered brown leather title label; the colophon, also with the edition number;
contents loose as issued.
ONE OF AN EDITION OF
50. 1940-50; printed 1980
[7,000/10,000]
From the Estate of LeeWitkin; by descent to the present owner.
“Gano Grain Elevator,”Western Kansas, 1940 *“Ed’s Place,” near Norfolk,Nebraska, 1947 *“House inWinter,”
Eastern Nebraska, 1941 * “Front Room Reflected in Mirror,”The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947 *
“Barbershop,”WeepingWater, Nebraska, 1947 * “Dresser Drawer,” near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947 * “Model T in
Shed,”The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947 * “Barber Pole,”WeepingWater, Nebraska, 1947 * “Juke
Box,” Southern Indiana, 1950 * “Church Facade,” near Rahway, New Jersey, 1940 * “Powerhouse and Palm
Tree,” near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1940 * “Uncle Harry,”The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, 1947.