Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Cheim & Read, New York
Photographs by William Eggleston, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 26 May- 1 August 1976, for another print exhibited
Cruel and Tender, Tate Modern, London, 5 June- 7 September 2003; Ludwig Museum, Cologne, 29 November 2003- 18 February 2004
In America, Sutton Lane, London, 5 March- 3 April 2004, for another print exhibited
Innocence Exposed: The Child in Modern Photography, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, 24 September- 5 December 2004, for another print exhibited
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 7 November 2008- 25 January 2009 and 4 other venues
Moore, Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, p. 9
Szarkowski, William Eggleston's Guide, p. 91
Whitney Museum of American Art, William Eggleston Democratic Camera Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, pl. 16
American • 1939
William 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.
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