Warehouse Wall and Store, Newbern, Alabama

1990, printed 1992

William Christenberry

Associated Names
William Christenberry

Artist, American, 1936 - 2016

The image depicts a rural scene with two buildings. On the left, there is a large brick structure with a rusty surface and a rusted metal sheet attached to its side. In the middle distance across a paved road, there is a white wooden house with a corrugated metal roof. The house has a front door flanked by two vertical boarded sections and a window covered in paper on the right. Trees with lush green foliage fill the background. The color palette includes earthy browns, rusty reds, vivid greens, and white. The horizon is not visible, with trees forming the background and the sky slightly visible through the treetops.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, across bottom in ink: WAREHOUSE WALL AND STORE, NEWBERN, ALABAMA, 1990 (artist's signature); vertical along right edge in ink: PRINTED 1992

Wikidata ID

Q64170873

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