Cindy Sherman - The Arc of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection New York Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Metro Pictures, New York; Olivier Renaud-Clément, New York

  • Literature

    The Refco Group, Ltd., Subjective Realities: Works from the Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography, pl. 96; Serpentine Gallery, Cindy Sherman, p. 43

  • Artist Biography

    Cindy Sherman

    American • 1954

    Seminal 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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THE ARC OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION

217

Untitled #382/ The Actress from Murder Mystery People

1976
Gelatin silver print, printed 2000.
7 3/8 x 5 in. (18.7 x 12.7 cm).
Signed, dated and numbered 3/20 in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $13,750

The Arc of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection

4 October 2011 6PM
New York