ID 950148
Lot 26 | WILLIAM EGGLESTON (B. 1939)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Untitled, 1970
signed, titled, dated and numbered '1/2' with Eggleston Artistic Trust number in ink and copyright reproduction limitation on affixed label (flush mount, verso)
pigment print, flush-mounted on board, printed 2012
overall framed: 44 1/8 x 59 7/8 in. (112 x 152 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of two.
Provenance
Photographic Masterworks by William Eggleston Sold to Benefit the Eggleston Artistic Trust, Christie's, New York, 12 March 2012, lot 24, courtesy of the artist
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
John Szarkowski, William Eggleston's Guide, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1976, cover and p. 81.
Keith Davis, An American Century of Photography, from Dry-Plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City and New York, 1999, p. 471.
William Eggleston, The Hasselblad Award 1998: William Eggleston, Hasselblad Center, Zürich, 1999, n.p.
Exhibition catalogue, William Eggleston, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, 2002, pl. 94.
Exhibition catalogue, William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 2008, pl. 22, p. 67.
Kevin Moore, Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, Art Museum, Cincinnati, 2010, pl. 138.
Jeff Rosenheim, Photography's Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2020, p. 86.
| Artist: | William Eggleston (1939) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | William Eggleston (1939) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
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