Cindy Sherman - Editions & Works on Paper New York Friday, July 24, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Metro Pictures Gallery, 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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233

Untitled (Lucille Ball)

1975/2001
Fujicolor Crystal Archive print.
I. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.7 x 21 cm)
S. 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)

Signed and dated on the reverse in black ink, framed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $16,250

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 23 - 24 July 2020