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72 ● WILLIAM ANDERSON (1932 - )
Joann by theWindow.
Silver print on matte fiber paper, 1986. 425x286 mm; 163/4 x111/4 inches, full margins. Signed and
dated “7/27/05” in ink on the verso.
Reminiscent of the photographs of Walker Evans,William Anderson’s photographs depict African
Americans in the rural South. Anderson was born in Selma, AL during the Great Depression. He
began his career as a sculptor, but when he was dissatisfied with how others photographed his
artwork, he began taking his own pictures.Another impression of this photograph can be found in
the collection of theYale University Art Gallery, New Haven.Today,Anderson’s photographs are in
the collections of the National Gallery of Art,Washington, DC, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los
Angeles, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Princeton University Photography Collection and
the Hampton Museum at Hampton University,VA. [2,000/3,000]