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Artists›William Eggleston

William Eggleston

1939

WA-00003838

Memphis, TN, USA

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

247

Works in Collection

486

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ389912

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Set in Stone

David Zwirner

2026

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated+1· 88%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/william-eggleston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/william-eggleston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/william-eggleston
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1690
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (247)

Untitled

1999 · Inkjet print, printed 2001

17 5/8 × 26 7/8" (44.8 × 68.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Eudora Welty's Kitchen

1989 · chromogenic process color print (Ektacolor)

Image: 83.8 x 57.5 cm (33 x 22 5/8 in.); Paper: 99.6 x 76 cm (39 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.); Matted: 111.8 x 81.3 cm (44 x 32 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Near the River at Greenville, Mississippi

1984 · chromogenic process color print (Ektacolor)

Image: 32.7 x 49.4 cm (12 7/8 x 19 7/16 in.); Paper: 40.6 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1983 · Chromogenic print

17 15/16 × 11 15/16" (45.6 × 30.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tennessee

1982 · Dye imbibition print

Image: 36.1 × 55.5 cm (14 1/4 × 21 7/8 in.); Paper: 47.7 × 58.1 cm (18 13/16 × 22 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Troubled Waters

1980 · Dye transfer prints

case 21 1/8 × 17 1/2" (53.7 × 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Troubled Waters

1980 · Dye transfer prints

Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Wedgwood Blue

1979 · Fifteen chromogenic color prints, printed 1979

photographs 6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.4 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Shiloh National Military Park, Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee

1978 · Chromogenic print

20.4 × 30.6 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.4 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 5/16 × 9 1/2" (16.1 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 3/8 × 9 1/2" (16.2 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.4 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 3/8 × 9 1/2" (16.2 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.3 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Chromogenic print

6 3/8 × 9 1/2" (16.2 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

247 published of 467 catalogued · 434 with image

MoMA
219 publishedof 438 catalogued426 img
Whitney
10 published
The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in Background
1972 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

10 assets

Artsy

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Relationships

Peers & Context60

Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Francis Alÿsco-exhibited Merrill Wagnerco-exhibited Robert Rymanco-exhibited Raoul De Keyserco-exhibited Yayoi Kusamaco-exhibited

Movements1

Photography

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's David Zwirner

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

University of Mississippi

Visual Arts

Vanderbilt University

Visual Arts

The Webb School

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Set in Stone

2026

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years

2024