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William Eggleston
Wedgewood Blue
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- $10,000 - 15,000
Lot Details
New York: Caldecott Chubb, 1979.
Fifteen chromogenic prints mounted to paper within the artist’s bound book.
Fifteen chromogenic prints mounted to paper within the artist’s bound book.
Each approximately 6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm) or the reverse.
Signed and numbered 2/20 in ink on the colophon. One from an edition of 20 numbered plus 4 lettered examples. Small folio, blue moiré with letterpress title label on spine, with original slipcase.
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William Eggleston
American | 1939William Eggleston's highly saturated, vivid images, predominantly capturing the American South, highlight the beauty and lush diversity in the unassuming everyday. Although influenced by legends of street photography Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eggleston broke away from traditional black and white photography and started experimenting with color in the late 1960s.
At the time, color photography was widely associated with the commercial rather than fine art — something that Eggleston sought to change. His 1976 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Color Photographs, fundamentally shifted how color photography was viewed within an art context, ushering in institutional acceptance and helping to ensure Eggleston's significant legacy in the history of photography.
Browse ArtistAt the time, color photography was widely associated with the commercial rather than fine art — something that Eggleston sought to change. His 1976 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Color Photographs, fundamentally shifted how color photography was viewed within an art context, ushering in institutional acceptance and helping to ensure Eggleston's significant legacy in the history of photography.