Cindy Sherman - New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art New York Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Phillips
  • NOISE FOR NOW is a national initiative that enables artists and entertainers to connect with and financially support grassroots organizations that work in the field of Reproductive Justice, including abortion access. Reproductive health care services, including access to legal abortion, are under attack. By organizing benefit events and campaigns, NOISE FOR NOW provides opportunities for artists and entertainers to use their talent to raise money and send a clear message that Reproductive Rights are human rights. Learn more at noisefornow.org


    90% of the proceeds from the sale of works donated to NOISE FOR NOW at New Now will be redistributed to the Abortion Care Network's Keep Our Clinics fund and to the National Network of Abortion Funds.
     

    • Description

      A portion of both Phillips’ revenue and the consignor’s proceeds for this Lot will benefit NOISE FOR NOW. NOISE FOR NOW is a national initiative that enables artists to connect with, and financially support local organizations that work in the field of Reproductive Justice.

    • Provenance

      Courtesy of the artist

    • 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 SOLD TO BENEFIT NOISE FOR NOW

46

Untitled

signed with the artist's initials, numbered and dated "AP 3/12 CS 1993/2023" on the reverse
archival pigment print
22 x 15 3/8 in. (55.9 x 39.1 cm)
Photographed in 1993 and printed in 2023, this work is artist's proof 3 from an edition of 50 plus 12 artist’s proofs.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $19,050

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
T +1 212 940 1207
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New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 25 September 2024