Cindy Sherman - New Museum Benefit Auction New York Thursday, November 15, 2007 | Phillips

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  • Provenance


    Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

  • 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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Untitled (three works)

1976/2005

Black and white photographs.

Each: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm).

Each work is signed and dated “Cindy Sherman 1976/2005” on the reverse and is from an edition of 20.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $50,000

New Museum Benefit Auction

15 Nov 2007, 6.30pm
New York