Cindy Sherman

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Description

Cindy Sherman
Untitled (A, B, C, D, E)
each signed, dated 1975 and inscribed A-E, respectively on the reverse
gelatin silver print, in 5 parts
each: 19 1/4 by 13 1/4 in. 48.9 by 33.7 cm.
overall: 19 1/4 by 66 1/4 in. 48.9 by 168.3 cm.
A. Executed in 1975, this work is number 8 from an edition of 10. B. Executed in 1975, this work is number 6 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Private Collection, Florida
Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2008, Lot 420
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 11-15, p. 235, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Madrid, Palacio de Velazquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones REKALDE; Baden-Baden, Staatliche, Kunsthalle, Cindy Sherman and her "Film Stills" Frozen Performances, March 1996 - March 1997, cat. nos., 1-5, pp. 18-19, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Cindy Sherman, January - April 2011

Literature

Gabriele Schor, Ed., Cindy Sherman: The Early Works 1975-1977: Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2012, cat. no. 15, p. 120, illustrated

Catalogue Note

“I’ll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I’m really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.”
Cindy Sherman