Artist Monograph

Wright Morris, American

American, 1910–1998

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	58	93.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	6.5%

Range: 18.7 cm → 35.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	2
1959	1
1964	3
1966	1
1967	55
1992	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 519" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 63 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Wooden Tub with Basin Photograph Acc. 2562.1967	1936	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 7 1/2" (19.7 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Hydrant and Gas Tanks, Los Angeles Photograph Acc. 2615.1967	1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 9 1/2" (19.7 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Tenement Steps, Los Angeles Photograph Acc. 2561.1967	1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 7 1/2" (19.7 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Barber Pole and Hydrant, Needles, California Photograph Acc. 2563.1967	1938	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 9 1/2" (19.7 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Meeting House, Southbury, Connecticut Photograph Acc. 2568.1967	1938	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Church near Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 2564.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/8 × 9 1/2" (18.1 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Faulkner Country, near Oxford Mississippi Photograph Acc. 2573.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas Photograph Acc. 2581.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas Photograph Acc. 684.1941	1939	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 3/4" (24.1 × 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Photography Purchase Fund
Row House with White Steps, Baltimore, White Steps with Pail, Baltimore Photograph Acc. 2584.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Storefronts, Western Kansas Photograph Acc. 2608.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Stores with False Fronts, Western Kansas Photograph Acc. 2575.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Tenement Structures, Washington, D.C. Photograph Acc. 2588.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
White, House, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 2565.1967	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
White, House, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Freedom of Expression Photograph Acc. 685.1941	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 1/2" (18.4 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Photography Purchase Fund
Farmhouse with Snowbank, near Lincoln, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2580.1967	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Powerhouse and Palm Tree, near Lordsburg, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 2587.1967	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Powerhouse and Palm Tree, near Lordsburg, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 76.1966	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.1 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Steps, Painted and Unpainted, Baltimore Photograph Acc. 2576.1967	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
White Barn, Connecticut Photograph Acc. 2566.1967	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 1/8 × 9 1/2" (18.1 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Wooden Log Out Buildings, near Pocatello, Idaho Photograph Acc. 2567.1967	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Adobe Ranch House Photograph Acc. 2569.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Church and House, Virginia City, Nevada Photograph Acc. 2590.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Farmhouse in Winter, near Lincoln, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2579.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Farmhouse near McCook, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2578.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Farmhouse with White Chimney, near Culpeper Photograph Acc. 2577.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
House with Dead Tree, Culpeper, Virginia Photograph Acc. 2605.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Houses on Incline, Virginia City, Nevada Photograph Acc. 2582.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 1/8 × 9 1/2" (18.1 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Kokomo, Colorado Photograph Acc. 2585.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Logwall, Rural Ohio Photograph Acc. 2572.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Rural Schoolhouse, Eastern Kansas Photograph Acc. 2583.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Stage Coach Inn, near Clovis Photograph Acc. 2574.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Tenant Farmer Dwelling, near Culpeper Photograph Acc. 2586.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Two Churches, Virginia City, Nevada Photograph Acc. 2589.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
White Church Facade, Rahway, New Jersey Photograph Acc. 2571.1967	1941	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Plants, Cahows's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2594.1967	1942	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Barber Pole, Weeping Water, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2593.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Basket of Cobs, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 2596.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Bed with Night Pot, Home Place Photograph Acc. 2597.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Cahow's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2592.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Cahow's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2595.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Cahow's Barber Shop, Chapman, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 101.1964	1947	Gelatin silver print	14 1/8 × 14" (35.8 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Clothes on Hook, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 2599.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Dresser Drawer, Ed's Place Photograph Acc. 2598.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Lutheran Church near Milford, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2570.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Mailboxes, Western Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2609.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 1/2" (17.8 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Model T Ford and Photographer, at Ed's Place Photograph Acc. 2602.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1967	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Model T in Shed, Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2591.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 7 1/4" (23.5 × 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Model T in Shed, Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska, Ford in Shed, The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 47.1992	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 7 1/4" (23.5 × 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Panama, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2604.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Roadside, Indiana Photograph Acc. 2607.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Straightback Chair, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 2606.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Straightback Chair, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 327.1964	1947	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11" (35.5 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Straightback Chair, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 294.1959	1947	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 11 1/8" (34.7 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Through the Glass Curtain, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 2600.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 7 1/4" (19.0 × 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Uncle Harry Entering Barn, The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 2603.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 3/8" (24.2 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Uncle Harry Entering Barn, The Home Place, near Norfolk, Nebraska Photograph Acc. 100.1964	1947	Gelatin silver print	13 15/16 × 11 1/16" (35.4 × 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Upstairs Bedroom with Chair and Portrait, The Home Place Photograph Acc. 2601.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Sidewalk in an Abandoned Development, South of Cleveland, Ohio Photograph Acc. 2610.1967	c. 1948	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Interior with Cast Iron Stove on Farm, near New Albany Photograph Acc. 2612.1967	1950	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Untitled Photograph Acc. 2614.1967	1951	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Bedroom Interior with Wash Stand Photograph Acc. 2611.1967	1952	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Untitled Photograph Acc. 2613.1967	1952-53	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.0 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer