Grave with Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama
Artist
William Christenberry
(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)
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.eMuseum Notes
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.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- landscapes (representations)
- rural areas
- cemeteries
- graves
- folk art
