Untitled

c. 1971-1973, printed 1980

William Eggleston

Associated Names
William Eggleston

Artist, American, born 1939

The image shows a pile of garbage bags and cardboard boxes. The largest objects are green-tinted transparent trash bags filled with various waste items and brown cardboard boxes. One cardboard box is labeled "6 GAL NET." The color palette includes shades of green, brown, and a muted orange and white background created by the painted brick wall. In the foreground, the garbage bags and boxes are stacked close to the bottom left of the image, with an orange and white wall in the background on the right side.
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This is a photograph of a cardboard box containing cans next to a muddy puddle in a barren area. The scene captures the intersection of nature and human material presence. The muddy ground is uneven and marked with tire tracks, leading towards the brownish puddle of water. The cardboard box holds several cans with varying labels visible. One can has rolled away from the box into the puddle, floating partially submerged in the water. In the background, there is a smaller puddle. The lighting suggests a late afternoon or early evening, adding a warm tone to the ground and the water's surface.

Untitled

William Eggleston

1966

Troubled Waters

William Eggleston

1971

Four young children stand on a dirt path. The tallest child, in the foreground, faces the camera with her body slightly angled. She has medium-length braided hair tied into pigtails and wears a yellow dress with white trims. Beside her is a smaller child holding a bottle and dressed in a yellow shirt or dress with short hair. Another child, slightly behind to the left, wears a short blue dress with white trim and has short hair. The child furthest to the right wears a yellow dress with short hair. The scene is set in a rural environment, with a field of green crops behind them, under a sky with large white clouds and blue hues.

Untitled

William Eggleston

1971

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Eggleston, Memphis, TN; Jo Tartt, Jr., Washington, DC; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1981; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • William Eggleston: Troubled Waters, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, August 3–October 24, 1982

2006

  • redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 15, 2006–January 2, 2007

Bibliography

2008

  • Sussman, Elizabeth and Thomas Weski et al. William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008. New Haven, CT, 2008: 92, 280, no. 38.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, vertical along lower left edge in graphite: Eggleston; top left stamped vertical along upper left edge in black ink: This photograph is not released for / publication or commercial use of / any kind. All rights reserved.; upper left, vertical along left edge: Plate [12] of fifteen. Example [14] of thirty and V.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1981.117.12

Wikidata ID

Q64170713

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