William Eggleston
Lee Friedlander
American, born 1934
1990
A gelatin silver print photograph that transforms an unguarded domestic moment— a man reclining with his legs up beside a cluttered table—into a framed, conversational portrait blending human presence and objects.
Your eye is pulled through a busy foreground of bowls, a camera, and scattered papers before landing on the surprising, off‑balance image of a socked foot and a relaxed face, creating a tense intimacy between still life and person.
By collapsing portraiture, still life, and the snapshot aesthetic, this work exemplifies a late‑twentieth‑century photographic shift toward finding art and complexity in ordinary, private interiors and everyday gestures.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
8 9/16 × 12 13/16" (21.7 × 32.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
1065.2000
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