Cindy Sherman

mural-sized chromogenic print, mounted, signed, dated, and editioned '5/6' in ink on the reverse, framed, Guggenheim Museum exhibition and Metro Pictures, New York, labels on the reverse, 1992

Nathalie Karg, Ltd., New York, 1999

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 51 and 247 (this print)

Rosalind Kraus, Cindy Sherman, 1975-1993 (New York, 1993), p. 230

Cindy Sherman (Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1996), p. 109

Although this photograph has not been examined out of its frame, it appears to be in generally excellent condition, with no apparent fading or loss of color.
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