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'...I was thinking about pictures made in portrait studios, mostly before my time, with the 5 x 7 camera, prints big enough to hand retouch and I was thinking: I want to do a series in that format because of the incredible detail. I was thinking in black and white because portrait pictures were only taken in black and white, and it led somehow to this series, all done in the middle of the night at clubs.' -- William Eggleston (Quoted in Almereyda, 'Forever Changes: Eggleston in '73', William Eggleston 5x7, Twin Palms, 2006, n.p.)

WILLIAM EGGLESTON

Untitled from Nightclub Portraits, 1972

Details

WILLIAM EGGLESTON
Untitled from Nightclub Portraits, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed 2005
signed by photographer and numbered '4/5' in another hand in ink, 'EAT#0509.004' stamp on 'Nightclub Portraits' label on reverse of flush-mount
38 x 26¾in. (96.5 x 67.5cm.)

Provenance

With Cheim & Read, New York.

Literature

William Eggleston 5x7, Twin Palms, 2006, frontispiece.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This print is number 4 from the sold-out edition of 5.

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