Lot 399
  • 399

Cindy Sherman

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Cindy Sherman
  • Untitled #217
  • signed and numbered 6/12 on a label affixed to the backing board
  • colour coupler print
  • 131 by 85cm.; 51 5/8 by 33 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1984-90, this work is number 6 from an edition of 12 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Rosalind Krauss and Norman Bryson, Cindy Sherman, 1975-1993, Munich 1993, p. 238, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are no magenta undertones to the background or the flesh of the figure. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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