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  • 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 (In Honor of Mark Morrisroe), from 1989 Portfolio

1980/2000
Chromogenic print, on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, with full margins.
I. 11 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (28.3 x 38.7 cm)
S. 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)

Signed, dated and numbered 55/75 in blue ink on the reverse, published by The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, New York, printed in 2000, unframed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $8,890

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 22 - 24 October 2024