Cindy Sherman

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

Rosalind Krauss and Norman Bryson, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, Munich, Paris and London 1993, p. 37, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, and travelling, Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, 1997-2000, p. 56, pl. 3, illustration of another example
Arthur C. Danto, Untitled Film Stills: Cindy Sherman, Munich 1998, pl. 2, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Serpentine Gallery; Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman, 2003-04, p. 44, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, Jeu de Paume; Bregenz, Kunsthaus; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, 2006-07, n.p. illustration of another example

The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly warmer in the original. This work is in very good and original condition. There are areas of very minor undulation towards the bottom of the left edge and towards the left of the bottom edge. There is a very minor area of discolouration towards the top right corner, one towards the centre and a small group towards the bottom left corner and a very minor crease towards the bottom right corner. Close inspection reveals an area of very faint artist's retouching to the centre left of the top edge, and a small number towards the left of the lower left quadrant, which are all inherent to the artist's method.
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