Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Lot 420
  • 420

Cindy Sherman

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Cindy Sherman
  • Untitled (A, B, C, D, E)

  • A: signed, dated 1975 and numbered 8/10 on the reverse
    B: signed, dated 1975 and numbered 6/10 on the reverse
    C: signed, dated 1975, numbered 6/10 and inscribed C on the reverse
    D: signed, dated 1975, numbered 7/10 and inscribed D on the reverse
    E: signed, dated 1975, numbered 4/10 and inscribed E on the reverse

  • black and white photographs, in 5 parts
  • Each: 19 3/4 by 15 3/4 in. 50.2 by 40 cm.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 11-15, p. 235, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Madrid, Palacio de Velazquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones REKALDE; Baden-Baden, Staatliche, Kunsthalle, Cindy Sherman and her "Film Stills" Frozen Performances, March 1996 - March 1997, cat. nos., 1-5, pp. 18-19, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Condition

These works are in very good condition overall having recently benefited from a conservation treatment by The Better Image. There are a few very light creases and undulations to the sheets. Please contact the department for a copy of the conservation report. Each framed under Plexiglas.
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