Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama
Artist
William Christenberry
(American, 1936 - 2016)
Date1974 (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 number2016.24.1
DescriptionSmall building with peaked roof at center of composition with prominent leafy tree at left and treeline along back of picture. At right is a long, low building with two windows.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. Particularly drawn to the region’s folk
architecture, Christenberry often photographed the same site over the course of
several decades. This early view of a modest building is part of a series of
photographs that show the structure in decay over the years until it is
eventually covered in vegetation.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- architecture
- buildings
- vernacular architecture
- derelict buildings
- weathering
- rural areas
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