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Property From a Distinguished European Private CollectionCindy Shermanb. 1954Untitled
signed, dated 1989 and numbered 4/6 on the backing boardc-print, in artist's frame190.9 by 135.8 cm. 75⅛ by 53½ in.Executed in 1989, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6, plus 1 artist's proof. Condition reportColours:Please note the colours in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
Condition:This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals some extremely light wear in isolated places along the extreme right vertical edge. Very close inspection reveals some nicks, scuffs, scratches and media accretions in isolated places to the artist's frame and Plexiglas.
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Private Collection, New York
Sotheby’s, New York, 12 November 2008, Lot 504
Acquired from the above by the present ownerLiteratureArthur C. Danto, Ed., Cindy Sherman History Portraits, Munich 1991, p. 62, no. 5, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman 1975 - 1993, New York 1993, p. 185, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Christiane Weidemann, Petra Larass and Melanie Klier, Eds., 50 Women Artists You Should Know, London 2008, p. 148, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)ExhibitedNew York, Metro Pictures, Cindy Sherman January 1990 (edition no. unknown)Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Energieen, April - July 1990, pp. 50, 52-53, 56-57, illustrated in colour (installation views); p. 54, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Barcelona, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, To Be and Not to Be, April - June 1990, pp. 196 and 213, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Image Makers, October 1993 - January 1994, p. 42, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Las Palmas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Los Géneros de la Pintura, September - October 1994, p. 61, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Paris, Jeu de Paume; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; and Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cindy Sherman May 2006 - September 2007, pp. 144, 257 and 318 (edition no. unknown)London, Christie's Mayfair, Reflections on the Self, June - September 2015, p. 177, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)London, Skarstedt, Cindy Sherman and David Salle History Portraits and Tapestry Paintings, October - November 2016, pp. 10, 26, 27, 67, 79, 83 and 90, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)Catalogue note