Untitled
Series TitleTwilight
Artist
Gregory Crewdson
(American, born 1962)
Date2001; printed 2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 47 3/4 × 60 inches (121.29 × 152.4 cm)
Framed: 53 × 65 1/2 × 1 inches (134.62 × 166.37 × 2.54 cm)
Framed: 53 × 65 1/2 × 1 inches (134.62 × 166.37 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Zoë and Joel Dictrow
Object number2022.36
SignedOn gallery label, on frame backer, center, in black pen.
Inscribednone
MarkingsFramer's label on frame backer, lower left corner, white label with red and black type: "laumont / Mounting & Framing / 333 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019 / 212.245.2113 x8 mounting@lamont.com / www.laumont.com"
Edition/State/Proofed. 5/10 + 3 A.P.s
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a flooded living room with a woman lying on her back, half-submerged in the water. She's wearing a sheer slip and staring up at the ceiling with her arms at her side.Gallery LabelThe young woman in this meticulously staged scene resembles a modern-day Ophelia, Shakespeare’s tragic heroine who goes mad and drowns after being rejected by Hamlet. Set in a mundane, middle-class living room, this photograph alludes to that literary precedent while hinting at psychological tensions that seethe beneath the surface of contemporary family life.
In imagining this photograph, Gregory Crewdson fabricated a stage-like set with a team of assistants, drawing inspiration for his composition from literature, art history, and 1980s cinema, particularly Steven Spielberg’s films.
In imagining this photograph, Gregory Crewdson fabricated a stage-like set with a team of assistants, drawing inspiration for his composition from literature, art history, and 1980s cinema, particularly Steven Spielberg’s films.
Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, purchased by Zoë and Joel Dictrow, New York, NY;
Given by Zoë and Joel Dictrow to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Given by Zoë and Joel Dictrow to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Copyright© Gregory Crewdson
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