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Cindy Sherman
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description
- Cindy Sherman
- Untitled Film Still #5
- signed, dated 1977 and numbered 3/3 on the reverse
- gelatin silver print mounted to foam core
- 30 by 40 in. 76.2 by 101.6 cm.
- Executed in 1977, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3.
Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Steven Ames, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Steven Ames, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Max Protetch Gallery, Re: Figuration, 1979 (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, June - September 1997, p. 56, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Moderne Kunst; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, n.p. (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, June - September 1997, p. 56, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Moderne Kunst; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, n.p. (another example exhibited)
Literature
Mark Rosenthal, et. al., Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, London 1984, p. 467, illustrated
Peter Schjeldahl and Michael Danoff, Cindy Sherman, New York 1984, pl. 4, illustrated
Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pl. 4, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman: 1975-1993, New York 1993, pp. 14-15, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Deichtorhallen (and traveling), Cindy Sherman Photographic Work 1975 - 1995, 1995, cat. no. 7, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (and traveling), Cindy Sherman, 1996, cat. no. 10, pp. 30-31, illustrated
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Cindy Sherman Retrospective, 1997-2000, pl. 5, p. 57, illustrated
Catherine Morris, The Essential Cindy Sherman, New York 1999, p. 35, illustrated
Uta Grosenick, ed., Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Cologne 1999, p. 467, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections, 2001
Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, 2003, p. 56, illustrated
Cheryl Krause Knight, "Just Another Day: Dutch Genre Themes in Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Still," Visual Resources, Vol. 20, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 275-286, illustrated
Mark Sladen and Ariella Yedgar, Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years, London 2007, p. 156, illustrated
Peter Schjeldahl and Michael Danoff, Cindy Sherman, New York 1984, pl. 4, illustrated
Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pl. 4, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman: 1975-1993, New York 1993, pp. 14-15, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Deichtorhallen (and traveling), Cindy Sherman Photographic Work 1975 - 1995, 1995, cat. no. 7, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (and traveling), Cindy Sherman, 1996, cat. no. 10, pp. 30-31, illustrated
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Cindy Sherman Retrospective, 1997-2000, pl. 5, p. 57, illustrated
Catherine Morris, The Essential Cindy Sherman, New York 1999, p. 35, illustrated
Uta Grosenick, ed., Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Cologne 1999, p. 467, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections, 2001
Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, 2003, p. 56, illustrated
Cheryl Krause Knight, "Just Another Day: Dutch Genre Themes in Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Still," Visual Resources, Vol. 20, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 275-286, illustrated
Mark Sladen and Ariella Yedgar, Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years, London 2007, p. 156, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is mounted verso to the foam core board. There is a faint pinpoint impression 7 inches from bottom edge and 17 1/2 inches from left edge and several faint, hairline surface scratches throughout, only visible under close inspection and certain raking light. Framed under Plexiglas.
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.
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.
Catalogue Note
“The camera looks; it ‘captures’ the female character in a parody of different voyeurisms. It intrudes into moments in which she is unguarded, sometimes undressed, absorbed into her own world in the privacy of her own environment. Or it witnesses a moment in which her guard drops as she is suddenly startled by a presence, unseen and off-screen, watching her.”
Laura Mulvey in Rita Krauss, “Cindy Sherman: Untitled,” in Johanna Burton, Ed., October Files: Cindy Sherman, Vol. 6, Cambridge 2006, p. 109