Bathtub as Watering Trough, near Greensboro, Alabama
Artist
William Christenberry
(American, 1936 - 2016)
Date1976 (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)
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 number2016.24.4
DescriptionBrown-colored bathtub sitting on a patch of grass in landscape at center of composition. Fenceline with grass and other vegetation in middle ground and small patch of sky in background.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. Here he photographs the inventive
repurposing of materials, a bathtub that has been brought outdoors to serve as
a watering trough for animals. Though some might find it an incongruous sight,
Christenberry presents the scene in an accepting, matter-of-fact way.
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