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William Eggleston — Memphis, Tennessee (Karen Chatham, left, with the artist’s cousin Lesa Aldridge)
William Eggleston

Memphis, Tennessee (Karen Chatham, left, with the artist’s cousin Lesa Aldridge)

William Eggleston's dye transfer print captures two women in Memphis with the saturated colors and deadpan documentary style characteristic of his groundbreaking color photography practice. Shot in the 1970s and printed in 2010, the work exemplifies Eggleston's approach to finding aesthetic richness in everyday Southern life and vernacular spaces. The image treats its human subjects and surroundings with equal compositional weight, a technique that challenged conventional photographic hierarchies and helped establish color photography as a serious artistic medium.

Medium
Dye transfer print, printed 2010.

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Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli

March 18, 2025

Lot 2

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William Eggleston, Memphis, Tennessee (Karen Chatham, left, with the artist’s cousin Lesa Aldridge)

William Eggleston's dye transfer print captures two women in Memphis with the saturated colors and deadpan documentary style characteristic of his groundbreaking color photography practice. Shot in the 1970s and printed in 2010, the work exemplifies Eggleston's approach to finding aesthetic richness in everyday Southern life and vernacular spaces. The image treats its human subjects and surroundings with equal compositional weight, a technique that challenged conventional photographic hierarchies and helped establish color photography as a serious artistic medium.

Medium
Dye transfer print, printed 2010.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate, Documentary realism, 20th Century, Saturated color, Color Photography, American, Chromogenic Print, Portrait, Everyday Life, Snapshot Aesthetic

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