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William Eggleston
Los Alamos
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- $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
$1,875,000
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Memphis: Eggleston Artistic Trust.
One hundred and one dye transfer prints, 1965-1974, printed 2001-2007.
One hundred and one dye transfer prints, 1965-1974, printed 2001-2007.
2002
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 with the Los Alamos portfolio copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso. Seventy five prints contained in five folios, each with title sheet, plate list, and colophon, consecutively numbered 1-5 and annotated ‘PP’ in pencil. Folio 1 with printed introduction by Walter Hopps. Twenty six additional prints issued as Cousins and Lost and Found, comprising a complete master set. Printers' proof from an edition of 7 plus three lettered hors-commerce examples.
This is the first time the comprehensive set of Los Alamos, including Cousins and Lost and Found, totaling 101 individual dye transfer prints, has been exhibited or offered for sale.
This is the first time the comprehensive set of Los Alamos, including Cousins and Lost and Found, totaling 101 individual dye transfer prints, has been exhibited or offered for sale.
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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.