{"data":{"id":"7996","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":7996,"topgoose_id":1194,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":7996,"title":"Crow","display_artist_text":"William Wegman","display_date":"1970","accession_number":"92.15","dimensions":"Image: 10 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (25.9 × 26 cm)","medium":"Gelatin silver print","department":"collection","classification":"Photographs","credit_line":"Purchase, with funds from the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund and the Photography Committee","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":"11/70","publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wegman, \u003cem\u003eCrow\u003c/em\u003e, 1970. Gelatin silver print, image: 10 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (25.9 × 26 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund and the Photography Committee 92.15. © William Wegman\u003cbr\u003eCourtesy of William Wegman \u0026 Pace/MacGill Gallery\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, this photograph appears relatively straightforward: a stuffed parrot is positioned on a pedestal, illuminated by dramatic, ominous lighting. Upon closer inspection, though, it becomes clear that there is a sight gag occurring in the background. The shadow cast by the parrot is not the parrot’s own, but rather that of a crow. The photograph functions, on one level, as a visual joke, delivered with William Wegman’s characteristic deadpan irony. At the same time, by demonstrating how a photographic image is not necessarily a “true” transcription of reality,\u003ci\u003e Crow\u003c/i\u003e engages in a distinctly postmodern critique of traditional assumptions about the photographic medium.\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"A parrot perched on a wooden stand atop a draped table casting a large shadow on the wall.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T15:33:02.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T11:59:22.104-05:00","images":[{"id":99314,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/7996/92_15_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"1392","type":"artist"}]}}}}