Palmist Hand, Havana Junction, Alabama 1980

William Christenberry

1980

  • Titles Palmist Hand, Havana Junction, Alabama 1980 (Proper)
  • Artist William Christenberry, American, 1936 - 2016
  • Medium chromogenic print
  • Dimensions sheet: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) image: 17 3/8 x 21 7/8 in. (44.1 x 55.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of Rena Hill Selfe, AFI.9.1996, image © William Christenberry
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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