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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Carpenter’s Shop (c. 1860s), Gainesville, Alabama
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Carpenter’s Shop (c. 1860s), Gainesville, Alabama

Artist Don Norris (American, born 1940)
Date2009
Made/manufacturedAlabama, United States, North and Central America
MediumArchival pigment print
DimensionsPaper: 13 x 19 in. (33.02 x 48.26 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 x 11 in. (26.67 x 27.94 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2023.6.3
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DescriptionAmerican southern vernacular architecture, here a Methodist Church form the turn of the last century, in the spirit of Walker Evans: straight on, under overcast skies, precision, and clarity of every board and branch. Aged sign at lower right reads: “The Coffin Shop, Kring 1830, John M Smith.”

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