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Auction archive: Lot number 31

Cindy Sherman

Estimate
US$120,000 - US$180,000
Price realised:
US$314,500
Auction archive: Lot number 31

Cindy Sherman

Estimate
US$120,000 - US$180,000
Price realised:
US$314,500
Beschreibung:

Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53 1980 gelatin silver print 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm) Signed, numbered, and dated "Cindy Sherman, 1980, 1/10" on the reverse. This work is number one from an edition of ten.
Provenance Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin Private Collection, New York Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cindy Sherman July 9 – October 4, 1987 (another example exhibited) Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea di Milano, Cindy Sherman October 4 – November 4, 1990 (another example exhibited) Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Cindy Sherman Film Stills, March 15 – June 25, 1995 (another example exhibited) Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Cindy Sherman March 10 – May 19, 1996; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, July 8 – September 22, 1996; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones REKALDE, October 15 – December 1, 1996; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, January 19 – March 23, 1997 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, June 26 – September 2, 1997 (another example exhibited) Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cindy Sherman Retrospective, November 2, 1997 – February 1, 1998; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, February 28 – May 31, 1998; Prague, Galerie Rudofinum, June 25 – August 23, 1998; London, Barbican Art Gallery, September 10 – December 13, 1998; Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, February 6 – April 25, 1999; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, June 4 – August 29, 1999; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 1, 1999 – January 2, 2000 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, June 26 – September 2, 1997 (another example exhibited) Paris, Jeu de Paume, Cindy Sherman May 16 – September 3, 2006; Kunsthaus Bregenz, November 25, 2006 – January 14, 2007; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Art, February 9 – May 13, 2007; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, June 15 – September 10, 2007 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman February 26 – June 11, 2012 (another example exhibited) Literature A. C. Danto, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, Munich 1990 (illustrated) R. Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York, 1993, pp. 62-63 (illustrated) P.D. Rosenzweig, Cindy Sherman Film Stills, Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1995 (illustrated) Z. Felix and M. Schwander, Cindy Sherman Photographic Work 1975-1995, London, 1995, (illustrated) A. Cruz, A. Jones and E. Smith Cindy Sherman Retrospective, New York, 1997 (illustrated) D. Frankel, ed., Cindy Sherman The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York, 2003, pp. 102-103 (illustrated) R. Durand, Cindy Sherman Paris, Jeu de Paume, 2006, p. 244 (illustrated) E. Respini, Cindy Sherman New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, p. 107 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, made between 1977 and 1980, comprises the most formative and groundbreaking work of contemporary photography. This cohesive body of work poignantly provides a catalogue of seemingly made-to-order female archetypes. By assuming the different roles, largely culled from 1950s and 1960s film, B-movies, or European art house cinema, Sherman cleverly comments on the clichés women had been traditionally relegated to in cinema. By intentionally using developing techniques to slightly alter the film in this series, Sherman lends the images the antiqued and nostalgic quality of classic movies. The subjects of each still are meant to evoke sufficient familiarity to lure viewers into deciphering the ‘type’ of woman portrayed and her surrounding story. The Film Stills present the viewer with a variety of characters that are not only familiar, but also cleverly spark our own interpretation and narrative. Untitled Film Still #53, 1980, shows a young girl in an unidentifiable interior. She embodies the quintessence of youth and innocent beauty; her hair appears soft and modestly coiffed off her face to reveal perfect features. Her lips are sweetly rouged, her cheeks are blushed, and

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53 1980 gelatin silver print 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm) Signed, numbered, and dated "Cindy Sherman, 1980, 1/10" on the reverse. This work is number one from an edition of ten.
Provenance Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin Private Collection, New York Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cindy Sherman July 9 – October 4, 1987 (another example exhibited) Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea di Milano, Cindy Sherman October 4 – November 4, 1990 (another example exhibited) Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Cindy Sherman Film Stills, March 15 – June 25, 1995 (another example exhibited) Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Cindy Sherman March 10 – May 19, 1996; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, July 8 – September 22, 1996; Bilbao, Sala de Exposiciones REKALDE, October 15 – December 1, 1996; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, January 19 – March 23, 1997 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, June 26 – September 2, 1997 (another example exhibited) Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cindy Sherman Retrospective, November 2, 1997 – February 1, 1998; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, February 28 – May 31, 1998; Prague, Galerie Rudofinum, June 25 – August 23, 1998; London, Barbican Art Gallery, September 10 – December 13, 1998; Bordeaux, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, February 6 – April 25, 1999; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, June 4 – August 29, 1999; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 1, 1999 – January 2, 2000 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, June 26 – September 2, 1997 (another example exhibited) Paris, Jeu de Paume, Cindy Sherman May 16 – September 3, 2006; Kunsthaus Bregenz, November 25, 2006 – January 14, 2007; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Art, February 9 – May 13, 2007; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, June 15 – September 10, 2007 (another example exhibited) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman February 26 – June 11, 2012 (another example exhibited) Literature A. C. Danto, Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, Munich 1990 (illustrated) R. Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York, 1993, pp. 62-63 (illustrated) P.D. Rosenzweig, Cindy Sherman Film Stills, Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1995 (illustrated) Z. Felix and M. Schwander, Cindy Sherman Photographic Work 1975-1995, London, 1995, (illustrated) A. Cruz, A. Jones and E. Smith Cindy Sherman Retrospective, New York, 1997 (illustrated) D. Frankel, ed., Cindy Sherman The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York, 2003, pp. 102-103 (illustrated) R. Durand, Cindy Sherman Paris, Jeu de Paume, 2006, p. 244 (illustrated) E. Respini, Cindy Sherman New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, p. 107 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, made between 1977 and 1980, comprises the most formative and groundbreaking work of contemporary photography. This cohesive body of work poignantly provides a catalogue of seemingly made-to-order female archetypes. By assuming the different roles, largely culled from 1950s and 1960s film, B-movies, or European art house cinema, Sherman cleverly comments on the clichés women had been traditionally relegated to in cinema. By intentionally using developing techniques to slightly alter the film in this series, Sherman lends the images the antiqued and nostalgic quality of classic movies. The subjects of each still are meant to evoke sufficient familiarity to lure viewers into deciphering the ‘type’ of woman portrayed and her surrounding story. The Film Stills present the viewer with a variety of characters that are not only familiar, but also cleverly spark our own interpretation and narrative. Untitled Film Still #53, 1980, shows a young girl in an unidentifiable interior. She embodies the quintessence of youth and innocent beauty; her hair appears soft and modestly coiffed off her face to reveal perfect features. Her lips are sweetly rouged, her cheeks are blushed, and

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
15 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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