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Cindy Sherman
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Cindy Sherman
- Untitled Film Still #39
- signed, dated 1979 and numbered 10/10 on the reverse
- gelatin silver print
- 10 by 8 in. 25.3 by 20.3 cm.
- Executed in 1979, this work is number 10 from an edition of 10.
Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones Rekalde; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Cindy Sherman, March 1996 - March 1997, cat no. 27, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Las Vegas, The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, The Private Collection of Steve Martin, April - September 2001 (the present work exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; and Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, n.p., illustrated (another example illustrated)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Dallas Museum of Art; Cindy Sherman, February 2012 - June 2013, pl. 54, p. 111, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Las Vegas, The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, The Private Collection of Steve Martin, April - September 2001 (the present work exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; and Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, n.p., illustrated (another example illustrated)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Dallas Museum of Art; Cindy Sherman, February 2012 - June 2013, pl. 54, p. 111, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Literature
Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pl. 26, illustrated
Zdenek Felix and Martin Schwander, Eds., Cindy Sherman: Photographic Works 1975-1995, Munich 1995, no. 18, illustrated
David Frankel, Ed., Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York 2003, pp. 114-115, illustrated
Zdenek Felix and Martin Schwander, Eds., Cindy Sherman: Photographic Works 1975-1995, Munich 1995, no. 18, illustrated
David Frankel, Ed., Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York 2003, pp. 114-115, illustrated
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. The photograph is window mounted and hinged to the backing board with photo corners in all four corners. 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 Girl is always alone, waiting, worried, watchful, but she is wary of, waiting for, worried about, and her very posture and expression phenomenological imply The Other: the Stalker, the Saver, the Evil and Good who struggle for her possession. She is the Girl Detective; she is America's Sweetheart; she is the Girl We Left Behind, soft and fluttering in a world of hard menace: the Young Housewife, pretty in her apron, threatened in her kitchen; Cindy Starlet, Daddy's Brave Girl, The Whore with the Golden Heart, Somebody's Stenog, Girl Friday, with obstacles to meet, enemies to overcome, eyes to lift the scales from, hard hearts to soften, the Kid in the Chorus, love light burning in her big, big eyes, with a smile for everyone, a kind word for all, not a mean bone in her body, The Girl Next Door, Every Man's Dream of Happiness. The Girl condenses the myths that define life's expectation in Middle American fantasy, and we all know her stories." Arthur C. Danto in Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, p. 13