Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas

Wright Morris, artist

1910–1998

Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas, 1940

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 23.9 x 18.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 7/16 x 7 7/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Connie and Jack Glenn

Accession number: 1987.0304

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Exhibition Label:
"Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography," Jan-1991, Erin Barnett
By taking photographs of places and objects he loved, Morris attempted to preserve them. Like many of his photographs from the 1940s, this one emphasizes the formal qualities of the building by depicting it frontally, the stark white contrasting with the gray sky. Although humans are absent from most of his works, their presence is suggested by the remaining artifacts.