Cindy Sherman - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Metro Pictures, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2000

  • Exhibited

    New York, Metro Pictures, Cindy Sherman, November 11, 2000 - January 6, 2001 (another example exhibited)

  • 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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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Ο234

Untitled

signed, numbered and dated "Cindy Sherman 2/6 2000" on the reverse
chromogenic print
image 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm.)
sheet 42 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (107.3 x 76.8 cm.)

Executed in 2000, this work is number 2 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $40,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 May 2017