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Property from an Important Private Collection
Property from an Important Private Collection
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Cindy Sherman
Untitled #97
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- $150,000 - 200,000
$143,750
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chromogenic color print
signed, numbered and dated "Cindy Sherman 1982 8/10" on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board
image 45 x 30 in. (114.3 x 76.2 cm)
sheet 55 x 40 in. (139.7 x 101.6 cm)
sheet 55 x 40 in. (139.7 x 101.6 cm)
Executed in 1982, this work is number 8 from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Other examples from the edition are housed in the permanent collections of Tate, London and The Broad, Los Angeles.
Other examples from the edition are housed in the permanent collections of Tate, London and The Broad, Los Angeles.
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Cindy Sherman
American | 1954Seminal to the Pictures Generation as well as contemporary photography and performance art, Cindy Sherman is a powerhouse art practitioner. Wily and beguiling, Sherman's signature mode of art making involves transforming herself into a litany of characters, historical and fictional, that cross the lines of gender and culture. She startled contemporary art when, in 1977, she published a series of untitled film stills.Through mise-en-scène and movie-like make-up and costume, Sherman treats each photograph as a portrait, though never one of herself. She embodies her characters even if only for the image itself. Presenting subversion through mimicry, against tableaus of mass media and image-based messages of pop culture, Sherman takes on both art history and the art world.Though a shape-shifter, Sherman has become an art world celebrity in her own right. The subject of solo retrospectives across the world, including a blockbuster showing at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a frequent exhibitor at the Venice Biennale among other biennials, Sherman holds an inextricable place in contemporary art history.
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