Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in the Background

c. 1972, printed 1986

William Eggleston

Associated Names
William Eggleston

Artist, American, born 1939

The image shows two men standing outdoors, visible from the knees up. The man on the left has gray hair and wears a black suit with a white shirt and a red and black striped tie. His hands are in his pockets. The man on the right has black hair and wears a white jacket over a white shirt. His hands are also in his pockets. Fallen leaves are scattered on the ground around them. An old light-colored car with its driver's side door open is behind them. In the background, there are bare trees and a body of water with buildings visible across the water.
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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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