2nd Jun, 2019 9:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
56
Cindy Sherman (United States Of America 1954-)
Untitled, 1975
gelatin silver print
Artwork date: 1975, printed 2004
Signature details: signed, dated 1975/04 and numbered 194/225 in pencil on the reverse
Sold for R45,520
Estimated at R50,000 - R70,000
Condition Report
The condition is pristine. Archivally framed, floated to the backing mount.
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gelatin silver print
Artwork date: 1975, printed 2004
Signature details: signed, dated 1975/04 and numbered 194/225 in pencil on the reverse
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sheet size: 25 x 20.5 cm
Notes:
Another example from the edition is included in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York. Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential contemporary artists of our time. In her decades-long investigation into the relationship between media, culture and personal identity, her work has become a tool for understanding the singular ability of photography to obliquely question the values of society. Among her earliest professional projects, Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills (1977-80) offer an acute awareness of art historical and photographic traditions of self-portraiture, though her images of herself in altered identities are not art-historically considered to be strictly self-portraits but rather investigations of female-gendered stereotypes. Throughout that seminal body of images, Sherman masterfully transforms her own appearance, casting herself in the starring role of a range of traditionally and stereotypically 20th century female film noir tropes. This work predates Untitled Film Stills and is an earlier exploration of self-portraiture made when she was studying art at the State University College at Buffalo, New York (1972-6). Sherman references in this work the early 20th century French artist and thinker Claude Cahun, who is best known for her provocative gender-fluid photographic self-portraits. The resulting photograph alludes masterfully to Cahun's rich oeuvre, while forging a new path within the tradition of self-portraiture. Highlights of Sherman's exhibition history include solo shows at the Serpentine Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York ; Kunsthalle Basel and Jeu du Paume, Paris, among many others. ,
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Jun, 2019
Aspire Art Auctions presented a focused and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art in their latest sale in Johannesburg.
The company’s commitment to innovation led to a bold and signature move in this sale, which featured a special section dedicated to photography. The medium has been traditionally strong among South African artists but has been without a proper focus in the local auction market. The ground-breaking segment featured a wide range of the most important South African photographers, including Pieter Hugo, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim, and Zanele Muholi. In addition, the sale starred a number of the market’s big signatures – Alexis Preller J.H. Pierneef, Gerard Sekoto, and Maggie Laubser and top contemporary artists including, Diane Victor, and Wim Botha.
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