Cindy Sherman

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Description

Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #44
signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse
black and white photograph
16 by 20 in. 40.6 by 50.8 cm.
Executed in 1979, this work is unique in this format.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, NY
Saatchi Collection, London
Private Collection, London

Exhibited

Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea di Milano, Cindy Sherman, October - November 1990, p. 26, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Malmö, Konsthall; Lucern, Kunstmuseum, Cindy Sherman: Photographic Work 1975-1995, May 1995 - February 1996, pl. no. 5, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen; Madrid, Palacio de Velazquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Cindy Sherman, March 1996- March 1997, cat. no. 22, p. 8, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum; London, Barbican Art Gallery; CAPC, Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, February 1998 - January 2000, pl. no. 51, p. 84, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Literature

Peter Schjeldahl and I. Michael Danoff, Cindy Sherman, New York, 1984, plate no. 27, illustrated
Peter Schjeldahl and Lisa Phillips, Cindy Sherman, New York, 1987, plate no. 27, illustrated
Arthur C. Danto and Cindy Sherman, Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, New York, 1990, pl. no. 30, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York, 1993, p. 70, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are a few soft surface creases. Otherwise there are no apparent condition problems with this work. Framed under Plexiglas.
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