William Eggleston

Untitled (Plastic Toys on a Piano)
1974

A photograph of colorful plastic animal toys on a reflective surface with a prominent light reflection. The toys include a yellow bird, a red creature with multiple heads, a blue goat, and a blue hippopotamus. The background is dark with visible scratches and smudges on the surface.

A photograph of colorful plastic animal toys on a reflective surface with a prominent light reflection. The toys include a yellow bird, a red creature with multiple heads, a blue goat, and a blue hippopotamus. The background is dark with visible scratches and smudges on the surface.

Not on view

Date
1974

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm) Image: 13 × 18 7/8in. (33 × 47.9 cm)

Accession number
94.112

Series
14 Pictures

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

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

API
artworks/9205

Exhibitions

William Eggleston:
Democratic Camera
Photographs and Video, 1961-2008

Nov 7, 2008–Jan 25, 2009

William Eggleston
35 works in the collection

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