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Cindy Sherman
Madame de Pompadour breakfast set
- Estimate
- £4,000 - 6,000
£3,780
Lot Details
screenprinted, glazed porcelain, in 23 parts
each stamped with the manufacturer's mark and numbered '8B /75' on the underside; stamped with the artist's signature 'Cindy Sherman' on the underside of the plates and saucers
plate 21.2 x 21.1 x 2.4 cm (8 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 0 7/8 in.)
teacup 12.1 x 10.3 x 4.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 x 1 3/4 in.)
saucer 14.9 x 14.9 x 2.3 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 0 7/8 in.)
sugar pot 11 x 12.4 x 8.3 cm (4 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
milk jug 10.8 x 11 x 7.3 cm (4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
teapot 19.1 x 18.9 x 10.1 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
teacup 12.1 x 10.3 x 4.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 x 1 3/4 in.)
saucer 14.9 x 14.9 x 2.3 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 0 7/8 in.)
sugar pot 11 x 12.4 x 8.3 cm (4 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
milk jug 10.8 x 11 x 7.3 cm (4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
teapot 19.1 x 18.9 x 10.1 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1990, this set is number 8 B from an edition of 75 in 4 colour variants, manufactured in Limoges.
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Provenance
Cindy Sherman
American | 1954Seminal 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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