The Bar-B-Q Inn, 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)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of John Robertshaw III, 2016
Object number2016.24.5
DescriptionBuilding with flat roof at center of composition with Double doors at center. Awning runs across façade and above it is a distinctive circular detail in brick. Attached to the awning is an upright sign featuring a Coca Cola sign at either end with a white space in the middle where the words “Bar-B-Q Inn” are still faintly visible. The lower façade of the building is painted yellow. At the right of the building is a utility pole with a white sign posted on it. The building is flanked by vigorous leafy trees at right and left in middle to 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. Particularly drawn to the region’s folk
architecture, Christenberry often photographed the same site over the course of
several decades. His first image of this building was made in black-and-white
in the 1960s and continued to photograph it in color from 1971-1991.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- architecture
- shacks
- vernacular architecture
- rural areas
- derelict buildings
- weathering
- restaurants
- signage
