William Eggleston

Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi)
1970, printed 1999

A photograph of a room with red lighting, featuring a nude man standing beside a bed with his hand on his head. The walls are covered in graffiti with words like "God" and "Sally." A candlestick with a lit candle is on a dresser, contributing to the room's illumination.
A photograph of a room with red lighting, featuring a nude man standing beside a bed with his hand on his head. The walls are covered in graffiti with words like "God" and "Sally." A candlestick with a lit candle is on a dresser, contributing to the room's illumination.

Not on view

Date
1970, printed 1999

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 13/16 × 20in. (60.5 × 50.8 cm) Image: 21 11/16 × 14 5/8in. (55.1 × 37.1 cm)

Accession number
2009.78

Edition
10/15

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy Cheim & Read, NYC

API
artworks/35018

William Eggleston
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