Pure Oil Sign in Landscape, Near Marion, Alabama
William Christenberry, American, 1936 - 2016
1977
Dye transfer photograph
Artist's proof #5, in an edition of 6 with 7 artist's proofs
Image: 3 5/16 × 4 15/16 in. (8.4 × 12.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.2 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Fund for Contemporary Photography in honor of Marc Efron, Class of 1965
© William Christenberry
PH.2003.35
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, in black ink, upper right: CHRISTENBERRY; Signed and inscribed, on reverse, in black ink, bottom edge: A/P V / PURE OIL SIGN IN LANDSCAPE, NEAR MARION, ALABAMA, 1977 Christenberry; Stamped, on reverse, in brown ink, lower left: DYE TRANSFER PROOF Printed 1981[date underlined]
Course History
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 56, Telling Landscapes, Images of American Development, Katy Briggs, Class of 2010, Programming Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 29-June 3, 2010.
In Residence: Contemporary Art at Dartmouth, Hood Museum of Art, Harrington Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-July 6, 2014.
Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, April 21-June 30, 1996; Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1-March 16, 1997.
Ruscha and Pop: Icons of the 1960's, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 12-June 15, 2008.
The Photographer's Eye, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 29 & 30, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 8-June 13, 2003.
Publication History
Reconstruction: William Christenberry's Art, no. 72, p. 41.
Katy Briggs, A Space for Dialogue 56, Telling Landscapes, Images of American Development, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2010, ill., p. 3.
Michael R. Taylor and Gerald Auten, In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2013, ill. p. 64, no. 50
Provenance
The artist; sold to present collection, 2003.
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