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In Holborn, William Eggleston: Ancient and Modern, 61
In Holborn, William Eggleston: Ancient and Modern, 61
William Eggleston American, b. 1939
Tennessee Gulf Sign, 1981
Chromogenic print on Kodak paper
8 x 12 in.
20.3 x 30.5 cm.
8 x 12 in. (image)
10.75 x 13.75 in. (sheet)
20.3 x 30.5 cm.
8 x 12 in. (image)
10.75 x 13.75 in. (sheet)
Series: Southern Suite (1972-1981)
Signed "William Eggleston" in blue ink verso
$ 7,500.00
Further images
Provenance
Francis Gassner and David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Private Collection, Europe
Private Collection, Ontario
Literature
Mark Holborn, William Eggleston: Ancient and Modern (New York: Random House, 1992), pl. 61
This photograph from the early 1980s is among the later works in Eggleston's iconic 'Southern Suite.' Mark Holborn writes that “he returned to the South [in 1980]… He was finding...
This photograph from the early 1980s is among the later works in Eggleston's iconic "Southern Suite." Mark Holborn writes that “he returned to the South [in 1980]… He was finding intricate compositions in the simplest of circumstances — the surfaces of walls, a row of steps, amidst dereliction and graveyards, then out on the road across great sweeping vistas of the landscape of this Southern heartland” (Holborn, William Eggleston: Ancient and Modern, 22).
Eggleston referred to his photographs as "shotgun pictures”, after his technique of shooting film without a viewfinder. The tilted horizon of Tennessee Gulf Sign imbues the image with a dynamic, momentarily quality, while the lurid red sign (Eggleston was most captivated by colour red) anchors the composition.
Eggleston referred to his photographs as "shotgun pictures”, after his technique of shooting film without a viewfinder. The tilted horizon of Tennessee Gulf Sign imbues the image with a dynamic, momentarily quality, while the lurid red sign (Eggleston was most captivated by colour red) anchors the composition.