William Eggleston
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© Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy Eggleston Artistic Trust and David Zwirner

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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled
  • from the portfolio Graceland
Date1983
PlaceNashville, Tennessee, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 22 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (56.1 × 37.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.7 × 50.8 cm)
Frame: 25 × 31 × 2 in. (63.5 × 78.7 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.924
Non exposé

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Photography
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Description

In the 1970s, color was used primarily by commercial photographers,
but William Eggleston helped a broader public shake that association with a
now-historic show at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1976 featuring color
photos of his native South. Picturing commonplace details, such as the contents
of a refrigerator, a ceiling light, or a living room interior, Eggleston monumentalized
everyday sights by printing at a relatively large scale.





This image, from a series of photographs commissioned by
Elvis Presley Enterprises, was taken at Graceland—the singer’s storied mansion
in Eggleston’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shooting in Elvis’s home at
night when it was empty of tourists, Eggleston reveals how this iconic
celebrity surrounded himself with pictures and mirrored reflections even in his
private space.




Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Rockin' and Rollin'," Galveston Arts Center, Texas, January 24–February 29, 2004.

"Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 3–February 25, 2007.

Austin Museum of Art, May 19–August 12, 2007.

"The Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures," Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, June 5–August 24, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left: "Plate 1 of eleven. Example 21 of thirty-one."
Signed in black, verso of sheet, lower right: "William Eggleston"

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