Tricycle

Artist William Eggleston (American, born 1939)

Dateca. 1971; printed 1980

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 11 15/16 × 17 7/16 inches (30.32 × 44.29 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.169

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "W. Eggleston"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "10/20 printed 1980"

Edition/State/Proofed. 10/20

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DescriptionImage of a blue and white tricycle with rusted handlebars on a sidewalk in front of two ranch-style brick houses with a car parked in a carport; the image is captured from a low angle against a gray sky.Gallery Label

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This image, photographed from a low vantage point, renders an ordinary child’s tricycle as a monumental presence, plucked from the suburban landscape to become something curiously alien.

William Eggleston is often celebrated for his artistic embrace of color materials when few photographers could afford to do so. His work came to national attention in 1976, when the Museum of Modern Art mounted the first major survey of his pictures.

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