Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in the Background

c. 1972, printed 1986

William Eggleston

Artist, American, born 1939

William Eggleston

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.94 × 43.18 cm (11 × 17 in.)
    sheet: 45.72 × 58.42 cm (18 × 23 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.58

  • Copyright

    © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection of Gerd Soelch, Switzerland; (Marla Hamburg Kennedy, New York); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC, January 2005; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Wm Eggleston; artist stamp lower left in black ink: William Eggleston's Guide, / c. 1972, printed 1986.; artist stamp bottom center in black ink: Example [by unknown hand in graphite: four] from an / edition of [by unknown hand in graphite: twelve]

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