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William Eggleston
Dust Bells Volume Two
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- $80,000 - 120,000
$139,700
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Memphis: Eggleston Artistic Trust, 2004. Ten dye transfer prints, printed 2003-2004.
1965-1974
Each image 12 x 17 5/8 in. (30.5 x 44.8 cm) or the reverse
Each sheet 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.3 x 50.5 cm) or the reverse
Each sheet 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.3 x 50.5 cm) or the reverse
Each signed in ink in the margin; Eggleston Artistic Trust copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on verso. Accompanied by title sheet, plate list, and colophon, annotated 'PP' in ink. Contained in a black clamshell portfolio. Printers' proof from an edition of 15 plus four lettered artist's proofs.
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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.