Artist Monograph

William Christenberry, American

American, 1936–2016

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Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	25%
Medium (30–100 cm)	15	75%

Range: 12.3 cm → 59.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1975	3
1983	1
1987	4
1992	1
1993	1
2007	10

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Church, Havana Alabama Photograph Acc. 178.1975	1964	Chromogenic print	3 1/8 × 4 13/16" (7.9 × 12.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Church, Sprott, Alabama Photograph Acc. 177.1975	1971	Chromogenic print	3 1/8 × 4 13/16" (7.9 × 12.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Window, Uniontown, Alabama Photograph Acc. 176.1975	1974	Chromogenic print	4 15/16 × 3 1/8" (12.5 × 7.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 326.1992	c. 1975	Dye transfer print	7 5/16 × 5" (18.6 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Virginia Zabriskie
Kudzu with Red Soil Bank (Summer), near Akron, Alabama Photograph Acc. 590.2007	1978	Chromogenic print, printed 2005	18 3/8 × 23" (46.6 × 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Sign (Future Rose), near Greensboro, Alabama Photograph Acc. 591.2007	1978	Chromogenic print, printed 2006	18 3/8 × 23" (46.6 × 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Black Building, Newbern, Alabama Photograph Acc. 562.1987.x1-x2	1979	Chromogenic print	17 5/16 × 22 1/16" (43.9 × 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Facade of Cotton Warehouse Photograph Acc. 172.1983	1980	Dye transfer print, printed 1981	17 1/6 × 21 13/16" (43.4 × 55.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Red Soil and Kudzu, near Moundville, Alabama Photograph Acc. 592.2007	1980	Chromogenic print, printed 2005	18 1/4 × 23 1/16" (46.4 × 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Red Building, Newbern, Alabama Photograph Acc. 593.2007	1981	Chromogenic print, printed 2005	18 1/4 × 23 1/16" (46.3 × 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Untitled Photograph Acc. 220.1993	1982	Instant print (Polaroid)	9 7/16 × 7 1/2" (24 × 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund
Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama Photograph Acc. 563.1987.x1-x2	1983	Chromogenic print, printed 1988	17 5/16 × 22" (44 × 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Two Graves, Stewart, Alabama Photograph Acc. 564.1987.x1-x2	1984	Chromogenic print	17 5/16 × 22 1/16" (44 × 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
The Bar B Q Inn, Greensboro, Alabama Photograph Acc. 561.1987.x1-x2	1986	Chromogenic print	17 5/16 × 22 1/16" (44 × 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Rev. B. F. Perkins' House, near Bankston, Alabama Photograph Acc. 594.2007	1988	Chromogenic print, printed 2004	18 3/16 × 23" (46.2 × 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
"Bread of Life," near Tuscaloosa, Alabama Photograph Acc. 595.2007	1989	Chromogenic print	17 11/16 × 21 15/16" (45 × 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Green Door, Newbern, Alabama Photograph Acc. 596.2007	1997	Chromogenic print, printed 2001	23 5/16 × 18 5/16" (59.2 × 46.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Christmas Star, near Akron, Alabama Photograph Acc. 597.2007	January 1, 2000	Chromogenic print, printed 2004	18 1/4 × 23 1/16" (46.3 × 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Kudzu Devouring Building, near Greensboro, Alabama Photograph Acc. 598.2007	2004	Chromogenic print	18 1/4 × 23" (46.3 × 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander
Morning Glory Vine, Early Morning Light, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Photograph Acc. 599.2007	2004	Chromogenic print	18 1/4 × 23" (46.3 × 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lee Friedlander