The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Church between Greensboro and Marion, Alabama
1973
(American, 1936–2016)
Image: 7.9 x 12 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Gift of Museum members in 1989 1989.408
Location: Not on view
Description
As a child Christenberry spent much time in Hale County, Alabama, a rural area in which the effects of the Great Depression could still be felt. In the vein of photographer Walker Evans, who immortalized the poverty-stricken inhabitants of the dust bowl, Christenberry began to document the decay of the buildings within Hale County in subtle, lush, small-format photographs. These structures, though they seem eerily empty, convey lively pasts that belie their current decrepitude.- E. H. T. "The Year in Review: Selections 1989." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (1990): 38-78. p. 69, no. 68 25160106Hinson, Tom E. "Contemporary American Photographs: An Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 9 (1992): 306-51. p. 346, no. 3, repr. p. 320 25161375Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 123
- Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229): April 14, 2014 - October 28, 2014.Contemporary American Photographers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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