Jackson, Mississippi
Artist
William Eggleston
(American, born 1939)
Dateca. 1969; printed 1986
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 x 21 inches (34.29 x 53.34 cm)
Framed: 24 x 30 inches (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 24 x 30 inches (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4000
SignedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
Edition/State/Proofed. 8/12
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
When it was first shown in the mid-1970s, William Eggleston’s color work was both revelatory and perplexing to general viewers. His pictures of banal subjects that had seemingly esoteric and private meanings suggested a new documentary style in photography. Some of his earliest images, such as this work, have become influential for a generation of photographers and filmmakers, including contemporary figures as Alec Soth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sofia Coppola, and Gus Van Sant.
Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Peter Joseph Gallery by Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1992;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Peter Joseph Gallery by Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1992;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy Cheim & Read, New York
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