CINDY SHERMAN | Untitled #194

Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Crousel-Robelin/Bama, Paris
Christie's, New York, 11 March 2010, Lot 13
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman, May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 141 and 257, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Exh. Cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea di Milano, Cindy Sherman, October - November 1990, p. 69, illustrated in color
Arthur C. Danto, Ed., Cindy Sherman: History Portraits, New York 1991, p. 30, illustrated in color

This work is in excellent condition overall. The print is mounted on aluminum. Under close inspection and raking light, there is some minor dust and debris under the Plexiglas, and some minor scratches to the Plexiglas. There is a minor linear scratch at the upper left and lower right of the frame. Not inspected out of the frame. Framed under Plexiglas in artist's chosen frame.
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“I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in.” Cindy Sherman