Door of Cotton Warehouse, Selma, Alabama

Artist William Christenberry (American, 1936 - 2016)

Date1979

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 17 1/4 × 22 1/8 inches (43.82 × 56.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 23 7/8 inches (51.12 × 60.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3030

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen; Stamped on sheet verso, lower right, in black ink: "CHRISTENBERRY"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in black pen: "8/17"

MarkingsStamped on sheet verso, lower left, in red ink: "Dye Transfer"; Stamped on sheet verso, lower left, in blue ink: "Printed 1981"; Stamped on sheet verso, lower left, in green ink: "5"; On sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "WC5A6P".

Edition/State/Proofed. 8/17

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DescriptionImage of a brick building with a large red door slid open to an arched entry.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

20th-Century Works from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Cottey College, Nevada, MO, January 9-27, 1984, no cat.

Published References

Keith F. Davis. New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1983. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 11 (repro.).

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