Lot 7 · An Eye Towards the Real: Photographs from the Collection of Ambassador Trevor Traina
Untitled (Couple in Red Car at Drive-In Restaurant), Memphis, TN, 1965-1968
William Eggleston · dye transfer print, printed 2004
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- Estimate
- $30,000–$50,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — An Eye Towards the Real: Photographs from the Collection of Ambassador Trevor Traina, New York · 2 October 2024
- Dimensions
- image: 11 7⁄8 x 17 ¾ in. (30.1 x 45 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3217232
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Eggleston, Untitled (Couple in Red Car at Drive-In Restaurant), Memphis, TN, 1965-1968. Christie's, 2 Oct 2024, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3217232.
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William Eggleston, Untitled (Couple in Red Car at Drive-In Restaurant), Memphis, TN, 1965-1968. Christie's, 2 Oct 2024, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3217232.
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From the same sale An Eye Towards the Real: Photographs from the Collection of Ambassador Trevor Traina · Oct 2024
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|---|---|---|---|
| Leadville, 2008 | TAIYO ONORATO (B. 1979) AND NICO KREBS (B. 1979) | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| People on streets of N.Y., 1961 | Garry Winogrand | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| New York City, c. 1960 | Garry Winogrand | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Jacqueline Susann and her husband, Irving Mansfield, Beverly Hills, C… | Diane Arbus | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Opening, Frank Stella Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1970 | Garry Winogrand | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Bedroom, Tengle Family House, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 | Walker Evans | $4,000–$6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| William Eggleston | Untitled (boy and car) | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| William Eggleston | Untitled (ground view from the street) | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| William Eggleston | Biloxi, Mississippi | Bonhams, Apr 2020 |
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