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CINDY SHERMAN | Untitled Film Still #62
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Cindy Sherman
- Untitled Film Still #62
- signed, dated 1977 and numbered 7/10 on the reverse
- gelatin silver print
- 7 7/8 by 9 7/8 in. 19.9 by 25 cm.
- Photographed in 1977 and printed in 2003, this work is number 7 from an edition of 10, plus 2 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2007
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery; Vancouver Art Gallery; Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Cindy Sherman, June 2019 - August 2020, p. 68, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall.Upon extremely close inspection there are very minor signs of handling to the margins, most notably to the lower left corner. 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 Stills are dense with suspense and danger and they all look as if they were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The invariant subject is The Girl in Trouble, even if The Girl herself does not always know it […] The girl is always alone, waiting, worried, watchful, but she is wary of, waiting for, worried about, and her very posture and expression phenomenologically imply The Other: the Stalker, the Saver, the Evil and Good who struggle for her possession [...] Each of the stills is about The Girl in Trouble, but in the aggregate they touch the myth we each carry out of childhood, of danger, love, and security that defines the human condition.” Arthur C. Danto in: Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pp. 13-14