5¢, Demopolis, Alabama

1978

William Christenberry

Associated Names
William Christenberry

Artist, American, 1936 - 2016

The image displays an old brick wall with a faded mural or advertisement reading "5¢." The wall shows aged brushwork with green foliage and plants growing at its base and partly up its face. The color palette includes brick red, faded yellow, green, and white.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Caldecot Chubb, New York; puchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 1980; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • William Christenberry: Color Photographs, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 21, 1978 – February 11, 1979

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – July 28, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Christenberry 1978; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left in graphite: 1980.29

Wikidata ID

Q64170718

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