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Red Creek Barbecue

Beverly BuchananWW-1990-168983
1990·Chromogenic print·Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (16.4 × 24.6 cm)

<p>Beverly Buchanan, <em>Red Creek Barbecue</em>, c. 1990–2005. Chromogenic print, sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (16.4 × 24.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2021.37. © Estate of Beverly Buchanan, courtesy Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York</p>

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Year
1990
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (16.4 × 24.6 cm)

Artist

Beverly Buchanan
Beverly Buchanan

Mixed Media

Beverly Buchanan was an American sculptor and photographer known for her wood constructions and architectural interventions that engaged vernacular building traditions, particularly those of the American South. Working primarily in found timber and salvaged materials, she created structures that referenced shotgun houses, slave cabins, and improvised dwellings, treating them as documents of resilience and cultural memory. Her practice merged sculpture with documentary photography, using both media to honor marginal architectures and the communities that inhabited them. Buchanan's work appeared in major institutional collections and exhibitions during the 1980s and 1990s.

Fuqua, NC, USA

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Record

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Year
1990
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (16.4 × 24.6 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1990-168983

Source

Source
whitney
Status
verified

Artist

Beverly Buchanan

Beverly Buchanan

Mixed Media

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