Untitled

2005
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Gregory Crewdson describes his highly scripted photographs as single-frame movies; to produce them, he engages teams of riggers, grips, lighting specialists, and actors. The story lines in most of his photographs center on suburban anxiety, disorientation, fear, loss, and longing, but the final meaning almost always remains elusive, the narrative unfinished. In this photograph something terrible has happened, is happening, and will likely happen again. A woman in a nightgown sits in crisis on the edge of her bed with the remains of a rosebush on the sheets beside her. The journey from the garden was not an easy one, as evidenced by the trail of petals, thorns, and dirt. Even so, the protagonist cradles the plant’s roots with tender regard.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled
  • Artist: Gregory Crewdson (American, born 1962)
  • Date: 2005
  • Medium: Chromogenic print
  • Dimensions: Image: 57 × 88 in. (144.8 × 223.5 cm)
    Framed: 58 3/8 in. × 89 in. × 2 1/8 in. (148.3 × 226.1 × 5.4 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Promised Gift of Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs