Untitled (gas station, Sumter, Georgia)
Artist
William Eggleston
(American, born 1939)
Date1976; printed 2011
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 21 3/4 × 14 9/16 inches (55.25 × 36.99 cm)
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 inches (60.33 × 50.48 cm)
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 inches (60.33 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Jay McDonald
Object number2025.17.5
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen.;
On sheet verso, lower right, stamped in black ink with black pen: "ELECTION EVE / William Eggleston / This photograph by William Eggleston, originally made in October, / 1976, was printed in 2011 under the artist's supervision by Guy & / Irene Stricherz using the dye transfer process at G & I Laboratory, / Vashon, WA and is published by the Eggleston Artistic Trust, / Memphis, in an edition of ten numbered and three lettered / examples, of which this is : / PP / ©2011, Eggleston Artist Trust All rights reserved. The copyright / in this photograph is the property of the Eggleston Artistic Trust. / This image may not be reproduced without the Trust's express / written permission." / "EAT#1110.084"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "IV ✓ / ES / PP"
Edition/State/Proofed. 10 + 3 A.P.
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DescriptionImage of a green Sinclair gasoline pump on a broken concrete platform just below a tree which casts shadows.ProvenanceWilliam Eggleston, 2011;
Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Color Vision Imaging Laboratory (CVI Lab), New York City, NY, 2011;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 31 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, 2011;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 31 by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Copyright© Eggleston Artist Trust
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