JULIE AULT, CINDY SHERMAN & MARC TAUSS | EXQUISITE CORPSE
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JULIE AULT, CINDY SHERMAN & MARC TAUSS
b. 1957, b. 1954, b. 1957
EXQUISITE CORPSE
signed by Julie Ault on the reverse; signed and dated 1992 by Cindy Sherman on the reverse; signed and dated Nov 1992 on the reverse by Marc Tauss
photo collage on paper
Sheet: 14⅜ by 10 in. (36.5 by 25.4 cm.)
Framed: 17½ by 13¼ in. (44.5 by 33.67 cm.)
Private Collection, New Jersey
New York, The Drawing Center; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Santa Monica Museum of Art; St. Louis, Forum for Contemporary Art; and Paris, The American Center; The Return of the 'Cadavre Exquis', November 1993 - December 1994, p. 58, illustrated
The Return of the 'Cadavre Exquis' [Exquisite Corpse] is the result of a proposal brought to The Drawing Center by curator Ingrid Schaffner with artists Kim Jones and Leonard Titzer, who evisioned this surrealist parlor game as the focus of an exhibition project engaging a large and diverse group of contemporary artists. Over 1,000 artists participated, and some historic cadavres exquis lent by various institutions.
"Exquisite Corpse: Game of folded paper which consists in having several people compose a phrase or drawing collectively, none of the participants having any idea of the nature of the preceding contribution or contributions. The now classic example, which gave its name to the game, is the first phrase obrtained in this manner: THE EXQUISITE-CORPSE-SHALL-DRINK-THE-YOUNG-WINE."
- The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, pp. 8-13