William Eggleston
Southern Suite

Southern Suite

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

Southern Suite
Southern Suite
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Southern Suite
Date1981
MediumDye imbibition prints
DimensionsSheet (Each): 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.4 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Caroline Huber
Object number2019.412.1-.10
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Until 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, a storefront, or a living
room interior, Eggleston monumentalized everyday sights by treating them as
worthy subjects for art, and capturing them in bold colors. Eggleston’s work
provided a new template upon which subsequent generations of photographers
would capture the world around them in full, glorious color.




ProvenanceCaroline Huber, Pasadena, California; given to MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in black ink, verso, lower right: William Eggleston [on all prints]

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