William Christenberry: career timeline

American · 1936–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 28 lots (86% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

William Christenberry: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1960s	7	5	$10.3kSign up	Photograph
1970s	8	7	$1.1kSign up	Photograph
1980s	9	7	$2.5kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $10.3kSign up
Average: $9.3kSign up
Typical size: 4 × 5 in (10 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1964 The Bar-B-Q Inn, Greensboro, Alabama$10.3kSign up
1964 Fields House, Hale County, Alabama$1.7kSign up
c. 1966 Pawn Shop Balls, Memphis, Tenn$1.3kSign up
c. 1967 Coleman's Cafe, Greensboro, Alabama$10.3kSign up
c. 1967 The Underground Club, Greensboro AlabamaUnsold
c. 1967 Selected Images$23.1kSign up
c. 1967 The Underground Club, Greensboro, AlabamaUnsold

1970s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 10 in (17 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (8)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1973 Untitled (Railroad Station), Selma, Alabama$528Sign up
1973 Sign, Sawyerville, Alabama$800Sign up
1975 Untitled (Child's Grave with Rosebuds), Hale County, Alabama$528Sign up
1976 Methodist Church, Havana, AlabamaUnsold
1977 Blue Trailer, Near Demopolis, Alabama$1.2kSign up
c. 1978 Selected Images$4.4kSign up
1978 Sign Near Greensboro, Alabama, Future Rose$1.1kSign up
1978 Cudzu; and Tin Wall$1.5kSign up

1980s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $868Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 13.5 in (31 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2013 Bathtub as Watering Trough, near Greensboro, Alabama$868Sign up
sold 2017 Cahaba River$350Sign up
sold 2019 Taylor's Place, near Greensboro, Alabama$2.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 3 × 4.5 in (8 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Church Across Early Cotton, Pickensville, Alabama$1kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All William Christenberry auction results →