Cindy Sherman - 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction New York Monday, July 17, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Cindy Sherman, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2012, fig. 10, p. 20 (another example illustrated, p. 21)
    Venetia Jolly, "Identity, Androgyny and Masculinity," Hundred Heroines, 2020, online
    Rebecca Suhrawardi, "Cindy Sherman Releases Latest Body Of Work In New York While A Major Retrospective Of The Artist Opens In Paris," Forbes, September 24, 2020, online

  • 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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Two works: (i) Untitled (Doctor) and (ii) Untitled (Nurse)

each signed, numbered and dated "Cindy Sherman 79/125 1980–7" on the reverse
gelatin silver print
each 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Executed in 1980–7, these works are number 79 from an edition of 125.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $6,985

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023