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CINDY SHERMAN | Untitled Film Still #4
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description
- Cindy Sherman
- Untitled Film Still #4
- gelatin silver print
- image: 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 in. 19.1 by 24.1 cm.
- sheet: 8 by 10 in. 20.3 by 25.4 cm.
- Executed in 1977, this work is number 10 from an edition of 10.
signed, titled, dated 1977 and numbered 10/10 on the reverse
Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Acquired from the above by Marc Jacobs in January 2005
Acquired from the above by Marc Jacobs in January 2005
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Cindy Sherman, December 1982, cat. no. 3, illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cindy Sherman, July - October 1987, pl. 3, p. 27, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum; London, Barbican Art Gallery; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cindy Sherman Retrospective, November 1997 - January 2000, pl. 4, p. 57, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 35 and 241, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, 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. 50, pp. 20 and 109, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cindy Sherman, July - October 1987, pl. 3, p. 27, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum; London, Barbican Art Gallery; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cindy Sherman Retrospective, November 1997 - January 2000, pl. 4, p. 57, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 35 and 241, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, 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. 50, pp. 20 and 109, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Literature
Peter Schjeldahl and Michael Danoff, Eds., Cindy Sherman, New York 1984, pl. 3, illustrated
Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pl. 3, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Cindy Sherman, 1990, p. 19, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss and Norman Bryson, Cindy Sherman: 1975-1993, New York 1993, pp. 2-3 and 44, illustrated
Zdenek Felix and Martin Schwander, Eds., Cindy Sherman: Photographic Works 1975-1995, Munich 1995, no. 31, illustrated
David Frankel, Ed., Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York 2003, p. 19, illustrated
Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, New York 1990, pl. 3, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Cindy Sherman, 1990, p. 19, illustrated
Rosalind Krauss and Norman Bryson, Cindy Sherman: 1975-1993, New York 1993, pp. 2-3 and 44, illustrated
Zdenek Felix and Martin Schwander, Eds., Cindy Sherman: Photographic Works 1975-1995, Munich 1995, no. 31, illustrated
David Frankel, Ed., Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York 2003, p. 19, illustrated
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. The photograph is secured to the mat with photo corners in all four corners. There is a very soft crescent-shaped crease in the lower left quadrant that is visible only in raking light. There is a small handling mark in the upper left margin and minor wear 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
"Each of [Sherman's] film stills is about the 'Girl in Trouble,' but in the aggregate they touch the myth that we each carry out of childhood, of danger, love, and security that defines the human condition of where the wild things are." Arthur C. Danto, Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills, Munich 1990, p. 14