Memphis
1969–1970, printed 1980
William Eggleston
Artist, American, born 1939
Artwork overview
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Medium
dye imbibition print
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession Number
2014.136.409
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Copyright
© Eggleston Artistic Trust
Artwork history & notes
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
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
2025
The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025
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.
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q64170418