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Cindy Sherman
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Cindy Sherman
- Untitled #264
- signed, dated 1992 and numbered 1/6 on the backing board
- c-print
- 50 by 75 in. 127 by 190.5 cm.
Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich
Christie's, New York, May 17, 2001, lot 326
Pierre Huber Collection, Geneva
Christie's, New York, February 26, 2007, lot 36
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich
Christie's, New York, May 17, 2001, lot 326
Pierre Huber Collection, Geneva
Christie's, New York, February 26, 2007, lot 36
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exhibited
New York, Metro Pictures, Cindy Sherman - Sex Pictures, April - May 1992 (another example exhibited)
Oslo, Kunsternes Hus; Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Lawler, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, January - May 1993
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993 Biennial Exhibition, February - June 1993, p. 225, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, L'Envers des Choses, September - October 1993 (another example exhibited)
Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Malmö Konsthall; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Cindy Sherman - Photoarbeiten 1975-1995, May 1995 - February 1996, cat. no. 82, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Madrid, Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Salá de Exposiciones Rekalde; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Cindy Sherman, March 1996 - March 1997, cat. no. 52, pp. 124-125, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Toronto, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, American Playhouse, The Theatre of Self-Presentation, September 1997 - December 1998, p. 97, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum; London, Barbican Art Gallery; Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, November 1997 - January 2000, cat. no. 131, p. 170, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Kunsthalle Bremen & Munich, Stadtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman - Sammlung Lothar Shirmer, May - September 1999, p. 274, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume, Cindy Sherman, May - September 2006, p. 160, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Museum of Modern Art (another example); Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Dallas Museum of Art; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Cindy Sherman, February 2012 - October 2013, pl. 3, pp. 84-85, illustrated in color
Oslo, Kunsternes Hus; Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Lawler, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, January - May 1993
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993 Biennial Exhibition, February - June 1993, p. 225, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, L'Envers des Choses, September - October 1993 (another example exhibited)
Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Malmö Konsthall; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Cindy Sherman - Photoarbeiten 1975-1995, May 1995 - February 1996, cat. no. 82, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Madrid, Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Salá de Exposiciones Rekalde; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Cindy Sherman, March 1996 - March 1997, cat. no. 52, pp. 124-125, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Toronto, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, American Playhouse, The Theatre of Self-Presentation, September 1997 - December 1998, p. 97, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum; London, Barbican Art Gallery; Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, November 1997 - January 2000, cat. no. 131, p. 170, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Kunsthalle Bremen & Munich, Stadtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman - Sammlung Lothar Shirmer, May - September 1999, p. 274, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume, Cindy Sherman, May - September 2006, p. 160, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Museum of Modern Art (another example); Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Dallas Museum of Art; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Cindy Sherman, February 2012 - October 2013, pl. 3, pp. 84-85, illustrated in color
Literature
Jan Avgikos, "Cindy Sherman: Burning Down the House," Artforum, January 1993, p. 76, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York, 1993, pp. 210-211, illustrated
Catherine Morris, ed., The Essential Cindy Sherman, New York, 1999, p. 96, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York, 1993, pp. 210-211, illustrated
Catherine Morris, ed., The Essential Cindy Sherman, New York, 1999, p. 96, illustrated
Condition
This work is in good condition overall. There are light abrasions scattered across the surface of the print which are visible under raking light. There is a 5 inch long vertical abrasion which is visible approximately 34 inches from the left edge. Along the top edge, extending 9 inches from the left corner is strip of dark accretions most likely caused by the frame. Framed under Plexiglas
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.