Green house, near Greensboro, Alabama

February 1978, printed 1994

William Christenberry

Associated Names
William Christenberry

Artist, American, 1936 - 2016

The image shows a small wooden house on stilts in a rural landscape. The house is weathered and has a centered door with windows on each side. A row of trees is visible behind the house. The color palette is mainly earthy tones, with faded green for the house and brown and gray for the trees and grass. The lighting indicates a time near sunset, with warm golden tones across the scene.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lee and Maria Friedlander, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 2006; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Sight/Insight: People and Places, Recent Acquisitions of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 30 – September 15, 2008

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: WC; across bottom: GREEN HOUSE, NEAR GREENSBORO, ALABAMA, 1978 (FEBRUARY); vertical along bottom right edge: PRINTED 1994; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2006.011.001

Wikidata ID

Q64170860

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