William Christenberry

Storefront, Stewart, Alabama, 1988
1988, printed 1992

A weathered wooden doorway of an abandoned building with graffiti scribbled across its surface. Names and messages are etched into the wood, and a vine with leaves creeps over the top of the frame. The door is open, leading to a dark, dilapidated interior. Tall grass grows in the foreground, indicating neglect and the passage of time.

A weathered wooden doorway of an abandoned building with graffiti scribbled across its surface. Names and messages are etched into the wood, and a vine with leaves creeps over the top of the frame. The door is open, leading to a dark, dilapidated interior. Tall grass grows in the foreground, indicating neglect and the passage of time.

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Date
1988, printed 1992

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 15/16 × 20in. (60.8 × 50.8 cm) Image: 22 × 17 1/2in. (55.9 × 44.5 cm)

Accession number
2005.122

Series
Storefront, Stewart, Alabama

Edition
Ed. 25 | 5 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Lauren Howard

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/26144

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