Meghan Boody

In a Garden So Green
1998

A detailed, surreal painting framed in wood, depicting a scene with various characters in a garden with an old stone wall. On the left, a woman in a red dress stands by a man lying on the ground. In the center, a child with a halo stands by a pedestal with flames, while a woman in a brown cloak reaches out towards the child. On the right, a woman in a patterned dress sits on a carved pumpkin. In the foreground, a person appears to be submerged in the ground with only their hands and face visible, next to a guinea fowl. Scattered oranges and lush vegetation add to the scene's fantastical atmosphere.
A detailed, surreal painting framed in wood, depicting a scene with various characters in a garden with an old stone wall. On the left, a woman in a red dress stands by a man lying on the ground. In the center, a child with a halo stands by a pedestal with flames, while a woman in a brown cloak reaches out towards the child. On the right, a woman in a patterned dress sits on a carved pumpkin. In the foreground, a person appears to be submerged in the ground with only their hands and face visible, next to a guinea fowl. Scattered oranges and lush vegetation add to the scene's fantastical atmosphere.

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Date
1998

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print (Ilfochrome)

Dimensions
Overall (framed): 52 1/4 × 56 1/4 × 1 5/8in. (132.7 × 142.9 × 4.1 cm) Sheet (sight): 46 × 50in. (116.8 × 127 cm) Image (sight): 43 1/2 × 47 3/8in. (110.5 × 120.3 cm)

Accession number
98.51a-b

Series
Henry's Wives

Edition
2/12

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Peter Norton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/11975

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