Cindy Sherman - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, February 16, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Munich

  • Literature

    Julie Rouart, ed., Cindy Sherman, Paris: Jeu de Paume & Flammarion, 2006 (illustrated)

  • 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 #388

1976-2000
Black and white photograph.
25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in).
Signed and dated ‘Cindy Sherman 1976/00’ and numbered of 20 on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 20.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for £12,500

Contemporary Art Day Sale

17 February 2012
London