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Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama,…
Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama
Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama,…
Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama," 1982 (printed 1989)

Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama

Artist (American, 1936 - 2016)
Date1982 (printed 1989)
Mediumchromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of John Robertshaw III, 2016
Object number2016.24.2
DescriptionSmall building with peaked roof at center of composition almost completely covered with vegetation. Large tree at left and part of another building with sloped roof visible at right. Composition is dominated by vigorous vegetation, including kudzu.
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Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Christenberry often visited family in rural Hale County, a place that has provided the primary inspiration for his work in painting, sculpture, and photography. Particularly drawn to the region’s folk architecture, Christenberry often photographed the same site over the course of several decades. This modest building appears in a series of photographs in which it is increasingly devoured by kudzu and other vegetation.
The photograph was made with a Kodak Brownie camera. See another view of the same building taken eight years earlier [2016.24.1] “Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama,” 1974.   

 

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