Adam's House in the Black Belt
Adam's House in the Black Belt
Artist
William Christenberry
(American, 1936 - 2016)
Publisher
Landfall Press, Inc.
Printer
Lithographs: Jack Lemon and Barbara Spies Labus, [s.l.]
photogravures: Steven Campbell and Tom Reed
Author
Anna Sloan
(American)
Place of OriginChicago
Date2000
Dimensionsbook: 20 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (515 x 419mm)
page: 20 x 16 3/8 in. (509 x 414mm)
slipcase: 20 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (524 x 422mm)
page: 20 x 16 3/8 in. (509 x 414mm)
slipcase: 20 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (524 x 422mm)
MediumArtists' book with 6 lithographs, 4 photogravures, and 19 Iris prints; lithographed text. Original color photograph inserted.
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number
2001.27A-B
Not on View
DescriptionThis is an artist's book with 6 lithographs, 4 photogravures, and 19 Iris prints; lithographed text. It is bound in black cloth with a printed, embossed red cross on the cover. Housed in a black cloth slipcover. It is one of the deluxe edition, so an original color photograph is inserted in back cover, "Rear of House with Flowers, Near Morgan Springs, Alabama, 1985." Will be matted and framed separately.
This is an artist's book with 6 lithographs, 4 photogravures, and 19 Iris prints; lithographed text. It is bound in black cloth with a printed, embossed red cross on the cover. Housed in a black cloth slipcover. It is one of the deluxe edition, so an original color photograph is inserted in back cover, "Rear of House with Flowers, Near Morgan Springs, Alabama, 1985." Will be matted and framed separately.
Published Referencescf. Gerrit Henry, "Hale County Pilgrimage," Art on Paper (January-February 2001): 61-63 cf. "William Christenberry at Pace/MacGill," Art in America 80, no.10 (October 1992): 140-41 cf. "William Christenberry, Color Photographs", (essay by Jane Livingston), Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1979 cf. William Christenberry, "Memory Palaces," Aperture, no. 115 (Summer 1989): 46Exhibition HistoryTMA New Acquisitions in Graphic Arts, Dec. 21, 2001-March 30, 2002
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
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Edo Period (1603-1868)
Late Roman or early Arabic, 4th-7th century
Late Roman or early Arabic, 4th-7th century
1st century CE
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