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Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Marilyn Monroe)
- Estimate
- $10,000 - 15,000
$16,380
Lot Details
Chromogenic print.
1982
I. 15 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (39.7 x 23.2 cm)
S. 20 x 14 5/8 in. (50.8 x 37.1 cm)
S. 20 x 14 5/8 in. (50.8 x 37.1 cm)
Signed, dated and annotated 'AP' in blue ink on the reverse (one of ten artist's proofs, the edition was 125), framed.
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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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