Untitled (blue ceiling)
Artist
William Eggleston
(American, born 1939)
Dateca. 1970-1974; printed 2012
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (29.85 × 45.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2025.17.2
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil;
On sheet verso, lower right, stamped in black ink with pencil: "EGGLESTON ARTISTIC TRUST / This will certify that the work to which this label is affixed / is the following original artwork by William Eggleston: / Title: UNTITLED / Date ca. 1970-1974 / Medium: dye-transfer / Dimension: 16x20 / Year Printed: "2012 / E.A.T. No.: 2010.036 / Edition No: PP / © Eggleston Artistic Trust. All rights reserved. The copyright in this photograph is / the property of the Eggleston Artistic Trust, and this image may not be reproduced / without the Trust's express written permission."
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "I2 PP"
Edition/State/Proofed. 10 + 3 A.P.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of the corner of a room with a lightbulb installed in the center of the ceiling. The room is painted primary blue and there is white curtain in the lower right corner of the frame.ProvenanceWilliam Eggleston, 2012;
Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Color Vision Imaging Laboratory (CVI Lab), New York City, NY, 2012;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 14 by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Color Vision Imaging Laboratory (CVI Lab), New York City, NY, 2012;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 14 by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Copyright© Eggleston Artist Trust
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