Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas, Wright Morris

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Wright Morris, Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas
Wright Morris, Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas
Wright Morris
Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas
1940
Wright Morris
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
Not on display
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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.