Untitled
Eddy was one of the major proponents of Photorealism to emerge in the 1970s, along with Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, and Audrey Flack. Born in Long Beach, California, Eddy studied painting at the University of Hawaii and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He began his career painting automotive subjects based on his own photographs. By the 1980s, he was constructing and photographing intricate still-lifes featuring glassware, silverware, and toys arranged on reflective glass shelves. This photograph was one of several that Eddy used as the basis for his acrylic-on-canvas painting, "Dreamreader's Cabinet III," 1987. Although it functioned as a visual reference for the painting, this meticulously composed and beautifully printed photographs holds its own as an independent work of art.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled
- Artist: Don Eddy (American, born Long Beach, California, 1944)
- Date: 1986–87
- Medium: Silver dye bleach print
- Dimensions: Image: 20 1/16 × 13 7/8 in. (51 × 35.2 cm)
Frame: 26 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 1 in. (67.3 × 52 × 2.5 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of Jody B. Cutler, 2017
- Object Number: 2017.208
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Don Eddy
1989–90
Jan Henle
1991–94
Vik Muniz
1998
Adam Fuss
1992
Hans Haacke
1979
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.