Laurie Simmons - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Baldwin Gallery, Aspen
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Louise Lawler, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, January 30–March 7, 1993, no. 263, p. 73 (another example exhibited)
    Salzburg, Thaddaeus Ropac, The Muse? Transforming the Image of Woman in Contemporary Art, 1995, no. 80, p. 141, 173 (another example illustrated, p. 141)
    Milan, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Metamorphosis. Il tempo della mutazione, January 16–March 1, 1997, pp. 72-73 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 73)
    Fotomuseum Winterthur, Darkside I – Fotografische Begierde und fotografierte Sexualität, September 6–November 16, 2008, pp. 272, 339 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 272)

  • Literature

    "The Body," Mirabella, November 1994, p. 61 (another example illustrated)
    Kate Linker, Laurie Simmons: Walking Talking Lying, New York, 2005, no. 55, p. 91 (another example illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Laurie Simmons

    American • 1949

    Laurie Simmons is an American photographer and filmmaker. Known for her curated domestic scenes using dolls and miniature objects, Simmons questions the truth behind photographic realism and the stereotypes of American culture. In her critically acclaimed series Walking Objects, Simmons offers commentary on how women are represented in popular media through a memorably surreal image. The artist emerged in the 1980s as a prominent member of the 'Pictures Generation' alongside Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler. Today, Simmons' work is found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

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Lying Gun

signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated "LS #236 1990 ed 3/5 Lying Gun Laurie Simmons" on the reverse
gelatin silver print
48 x 84 in. (121.9 x 213.4 cm)
Executed in 1990, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $35,280

Contact Specialist

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Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 November 2022