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Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Doctor and Nurse)
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 12,000
$18,750
Lot Details
Gelatin silver diptych, on semi-gloss double weight photo paper, with full margins,
1980-87
both I. 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in (19.4 x 14.3 cm)
both S. 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
both S. 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
both signed, dated `1980-7' and numbered 39/125 and 38/125 respectively in pencil on the reverse (there were also 15 artist's proofs), both in very good condition, both 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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