Laurie Simmons - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Metro Pictures, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Laurie Simmons

    American • 1949

    Laurie Simmons is an American photographer and filmmaker. Known for her curated domestic scenes using dolls and miniature objects, Simmons questions the truth behind photographic realism and the stereotypes of American culture. In her critically acclaimed series Walking Objects, Simmons offers commentary on how women are represented in popular media through a memorably surreal image. The artist emerged in the 1980s as a prominent member of the 'Pictures Generation' alongside Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler. Today, Simmons' work is found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

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Property from an Important Private European Collection

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Tourism Acropolis

signed, numbered and dated 'Laurie Simmons 1984 AP1/1' on the reverse
Cibachrome print
101.6 x 152.5 cm (40 x 60 in.)
Executed in 1984, this work is artist's proof number 1 from an edition of 1 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for £11,250

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 3 October 2019