Wender·Vista
Graceland
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
south of downtown Memphis, on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Whitehaven

Graceland

— — the house Elvis came home to.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A white-columned house on a low rise off Highway 51, eight kilometres south of the Mississippi bluff in Memphis. Elvis Presley bought it in 1957 for $102,500 and lived there until the morning of August 16, 1977. The Jungle Room is still green-shag and waterfall. The Meditation Garden, where the family is buried, opens with the gates each morning. Around 600,000 people come up the drive every year, and almost all of them stop for a moment at the small headstone with the eternal flame.

from the studio
Graceland
— bring it home

Graceland, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Graceland

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Graceland is the former home of Elvis Presley at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven neighbourhood of Memphis, Tennessee. The Colonial Revival house was built in 1939 for Dr. Thomas Moore and his wife Ruth, who named it after Ruth's aunt Grace Toof. Presley bought the property and its 13 acres in 1957, at the age of twenty-two, for $102,500. He lived at Graceland until his death on August 16, 1977. It opened to the public in 1982 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

— the visit

The estate runs as Graceland Mansion and the larger Elvis Presley's Memphis complex across Elvis Presley Boulevard. The mansion tour is timed-entry by shuttle from the visitor centre and covers the ground-floor rooms, the basement TV room, the Jungle Room and the Meditation Garden, where Elvis, his parents Vernon and Gladys, and his grandmother are buried. Upstairs has never opened to visitors. Annual attendance runs around 600,000, second among historic homes in the United States after the White House. Candlelight Vigil week falls around August 15.

— informed by Graceland — Visit
— the year

The Graceland year is built around two anniversaries. Elvis Week, around August 16, draws fans from forty-plus countries for the Candlelight Vigil at the Meditation Garden on the night of the 15th; tens of thousands file past the headstones by morning. Birthday Celebration in early January marks January 8, 1935, the day Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, 170 kilometres south. Outside those weeks the mansion runs a standard schedule with seasonal programming and a steady local rhythm that is closer to a parish than a theme park.

— informed by Graceland — Events
— where
United States · Memphis, Tennessee
— position
35.0457° N · 90.0227° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
13 km N
Sun Studio
1950s recording studio
13 km N
Beale Street
blues music district
8 km N
Stax Museum
soul music museum
14 km N
Memphis Zoo
city zoo
N
Graceland
Sun Studio
Beale Street
Stax Museum
Memphis Zoo
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Graceland — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

At 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven neighbourhood of Memphis, Tennessee, about eight kilometres south of downtown Memphis along the old US Highway 51 corridor.

Elvis bought Graceland in March 1957, at the age of twenty-two, for $102,500. He lived there with his family until his death on August 16, 1977.

Yes. The National Park Service designated Graceland a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It had already been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991.

Yes. Elvis is buried in the Meditation Garden beside his parents Vernon and Gladys and his grandmother Minnie Mae. The garden is included in the standard mansion tour.

It's the green-shag den at the back of the house, with carved wood furniture and an indoor waterfall. Elvis used it as an informal recording space in 1976 for the Moody Blue sessions.

Elvis Week falls around August 16, the anniversary of his death in 1977. The Candlelight Vigil on the night of August 15 draws tens of thousands of fans to the Meditation Garden.

Around 600,000 visitors a year, which makes Graceland the second most-visited historic home in the United States after the White House.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for lifelong Elvis fans, for Memphians who grew up driving past the gates, and for anyone who has made the pilgrimage to the Meditation Garden. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio lands warmly.

The mid-century palette of the artwork sits well in mid-century-modern rooms, in music-room and home-studio settings, and in Southern-traditional homes that lean warm rather than formal.

Yes. Music-portrait and music-landmark pieces are a steady thread in vinyl listening rooms and home recording spaces, and Graceland reads as a landmark rather than a poster.

Above a standard three-seat sofa we recommend the Large or a four-tile Mural; above a console, the Medium. The nine-tile Mural is best on a tall wall with no furniture below.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes are scratch-resistant and steam-tolerant, which fits a kitchen wall behind the range or a bathroom install without sheen glare.

A microfibre cloth with warm water is enough. No solvents and no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is original to the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reid Wender curates each place and the studio finishes every piece in-house, with no licensed imagery.

— if this one stayed with you

A few you might also love.

Hand-picked by the eye that found Sorapis. Same air, same kind of quiet.