Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama
Artist
William Christenberry
(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)
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.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 modest building appears in a series of photographs in
which it is increasingly devoured by kudzu and other vegetation.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- architecture
- buildings
- plants
- derelict buildings
- rural areas
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