Untitled (Paducah, Kentucky)
Artist
William Eggleston
(American, born 1939)
Date1996; printed 1999
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 17 5/8 inches (30.16 × 44.77 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (40.32 × 50.48 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (40.32 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2025.17.6
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen.;
On sheet verso, lower right, stamped in black ink with black pen: "William Eggleston / The Eggleston Artistic Trust hereby certifies this print as an / authentic photographic work by WILLIAM EGGLESTON. / Title: UNTITLED / Date of negative: 1996 / Date of print: 1999 / Edition information: "P.P. / Type of print: DYE-TRANSFER / Copyright © Eggleston ArtisticTrust All rights reserved. / The copyright in this photograph is the exclusive property / of the Eggleston Artistic Trust, and this image may not be / reproduced without the Trust's express written permission. / CALDECOT CHUBB / Managing Trustee. / Eggleston Artistic Trust"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "PP";
On sheet verso, bottom center, in black pen: "EAT #9912.112".
Edition/State/Proofed. 10 + 3 A.P.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a yellow rotary phone without numbers but with a sign in the center that reads: "To Call a Taxi Security Taxi 24 Hours a Day".ProvenanceWilliam Eggleston, 1999;
Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Color Vision Imaging Laboratory (CVI Lab), New York City, NY, 1999;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 33 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, 1999;
Purchased from Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli, Phillips, New York, March 18, 2025, lot 33 by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Copyright© Eggleston Artist Trust
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