WILLIAM EGGLESTON | Untitled (Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in the Background)

dye-transfer print, signed in ink in the margin, the photographer's credit/copyright stamp, signed by William J. Eggleston, III, the photographer's son, and with date and edition '10/15' in ink, on the reverse, framed, 1971, printed in 1999

Cheim & Read, New York Private collection

Christie's New York, 6 October 2010, Sale 2395, Lot 4

Mark Holborn, William Eggleston: Ancient and Modern (New York, 1992), p. 55 The Hasselblad Award 1998: William Eggleston (Göteborg, 1999), unpaginated

William Eggleston (Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2002), pl. 139

John Szarkowski, William Eggleston’s Guide (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002), p. 30

This vibrant dye-transfer print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain bright and saturated, with no apparent fading. Upon very close inspection, an approximately 2-inch scuff is visible at the lower center of the image.
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