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William Eggleston
William Eggleston's Graceland
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- $180,000 - 280,000
$226,800
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Washington, D. C.: Middendorf Gallery, 1984. Eleven dye transfer prints.
Each approximately 14 3/4 x 22 in. (37.5 x 55.9 cm) or the reverse
Each signed in ink, numbered '10,' consecutively numbered '1-11' in an unidentified hand in pencil, date and edition stamps on the verso. Copyright credit on the colophon. Number 10 from an edition of 31 plus 4 artist's proofs. Enclosed in a linen clamshell portfolio case with gilt title.
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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.