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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Straight-backed Chair by Door
194720th century
254 x 203 mm (10 x 8 in.)
Wright Morris, American, (1910–1998)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Signed in pencil on verso, lower right: “Wright Morris”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Purchased by the donor from Prakapas Gallery, New York in 1978
Credit Line:
Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991
Accession Number:
1991.30.37
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- doors - Barriers which swing, slide, tilt, or fold to close a doorway, usually of solid and finished construction and usually leading to or separating interior spaces. Use also for similar features that close a container or a piece of case furniture. For barriers of less solid or finished construction, and usually separating two exterior spaces, use "gates." [April 1993 related term added. March 1993 descriptor moved. February 1993 scope note changed.]
- doorways - Denotes openings, which contain or could contain a door, that provide access into or out of building spaces. [March 1993 descriptor moved. August 1991 scope note changed.]
Location
Latitude: American, Longitude: D'Oench
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 254 x 203 mm (10 x 8 in.)
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Credit Caption
Wright Morris, American, (1910–1998) . Straight-backed Chair by Door, 1947. Gelatin silver print. sheet : 254 x 203 mm (10 x 8 in.). DAC accession number 1991.30.37. Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .