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Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama,…
Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama
Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama,…
Chromogenic print by William Christenberry, "Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama," 1975 (printed 1988)

Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama

Artist (American, 1936 - 2016)
Date1975 (printed 1988)
Mediumchromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in.
Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of John Robertshaw III, 2016
Object number2016.24.3
DescriptionLandscape with a grave marker in the shape of a cross fashioned from store-bought egg cartons and embellished with artificial pink flowers and green leaves. In font of the cross on the grave mount is a line of white roses.
Text Entries
The photograph was made with a Kodak Brownie camera. 
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. While visiting family gravesites or admiring the distinctive architecture of the county’s old churches, the artist often photographed tombstones and homemade grave markers, a tribute to the faith and ingenuity of country people.
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