Memphis, 1969-1970, printed 1980

Not on View

Medium

dye imbibition print

Dimensions

image: 30.2 × 44.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

sheet: 40.5 × 50.6 cm (15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Morris R. Garfinkle)

Accession Number

2014.136.409

Artists / Makers

William Eggleston (artist) American, born 1939

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: W. Eggleston; lower left stamped in black ink: This photograph is not released for / publication or commercial use of / any kind. All rights reserved.; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1987.30.3 / 15/20 Printed 1980

Provenance

Morris R. Garfinkle, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987; acquired by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Garfinkle, Morris R.

Exhibition History

1998: Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998–January 18, 1999

2015: In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

2008: Sussman, Elizabeth and Thomas Weski et al. William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008. New Haven, CT, 2008: 67, 279, no. 22.