Flowers is a facsimile of the third of William Egglestons rare artist's books which was first
published in an edition of only fifteen by Caldecot Chubb in New York in 1978. The original
Flowers was a linen-bound volume with red leather spine and corners recreating the look of a
photo album and housed in a slipcase. Within its pages were twelve original chromogenic
coupler prints focused on the theme of flowers. Flowers along with trees and other foliage
inevitably feature in many of Eggleston's photos as part of the Memphis streetscapes and
interiors that are his favorite motifs. But in this book the flowers take center stage in all
their mundane glory-be it a kitsch spray of gladioli and carnations in a cut-glass vase a
single rose before a box hedge or a forlorn bunch on a white marble tomb inscribed with the
word Mama. Along with Eggleston's Morals of Vision also released this season Flowers is a
further chapter in Steidl's publication of Eggleston's artist's books in new editions that
honor the design and spirit of the originals while exposing their contents to the wider public
for the first time.
