One of the most influential American contemporary photographers, Cindy Sherman has centered her work on transformation. In self-portraits that evoke the tropes of cinema and advertising, she has transformed herself to experiment with ideas of identity, particularly related to the expectations for women. Sherman is one of the most significant artists of the Pictures Generation, a group of artists who have utilized appropriation and montage to reveal the constructed nature of images, including Richard Prince, Barbara Kruger, David Salle and Robert Longo.
Sherman was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in 1954. Growing up in Long Beach, she was immersed in the television and film culture of the era — the Cold War, nuclear bombs, capitalism and the increasing onslaught of images selling an ever-growing array of commercial products. In 1972, she attended the State University of New York in Buffalo and majored in painting, but she became enthralled with photography and switched her major, graduating in 1976.
Shortly after graduation, she began to work on one of her best-known series, the “Untitled Film Stills.” For the 70 black-and-white photographs that mimic publicity stills used to advertise movies, she was both the photographer and the subject. The work debuted in 1980 to critical acclaim and international recognition.
During the 1980s, Sherman began to shoot with color film and use prosthetics and stage makeup. She explored the grotesque and malevolent by creating photographs portraying eating disorders, insanity and death. Her work further focused on how society maintains and perpetuates stereotypical roles for women.
Her manipulation of identity through images has influenced many photographers, including Ryan Trecartin, Lisa Yuskavage and Tracey Ullman. In 2000, Sherman’s work was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2012, the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a retrospective of her work. The National Portrait Gallery in London held a retrospective in 2019.
Major museums around the world have collected her work, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her photographs frequently fetch record prices at auction.
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Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Skate Set Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Date of creation: 2024 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: Open Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditions and never d...
Wood, Maple, Screen
$216Sale Price|52% Off
1997 Office Killer Yellow Offset Print, Unframed, 39.75x27
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 39.75 x 27 inches ( 100.965 x 68.58 cm ) Image Size: 39.75 x 27 inches ( 100.965 x 68.58 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age Additional Details: Poster for the 1997 American comedy-horror film directed by Cindy Sherman. Starring Carol Kane, David Thornton and Molly Ringwald...
Offset
Cindy Sherman, Untitled 103 - Signed Print from 1999, Contemporary Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Hamburg, DE
Cindy Sherman (American, b. 1954) Untitled #103, 1982 Medium: Offset lithograph on paper Dimensions: 101 × 65 cm (39¾ h × 25½ w in) Edition size: Unknown (presumably 100 to 200) Mark...
Offset
Untitled
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Untitled, 1985 Chromogenic print Framed Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (57.2 x 57.2 cm) Edition of 125
C Print
Untitled
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Since the late 1970s Cindy Sherman has donned an array of personas, disguises and costumes to explore how woman are perceived, presented and judged in Western culture. As a young c...
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Pregnant Woman), Signed Limited Edition Color Coupler Print
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Since the late 1970's Cindy Sherman has donned an array of personas, disguises and costumes to explore how woman are perceived, presented and judged in Western culture. In this ico...
C Print
$2,800
The Nine Lives of Cindy, porcelain plate & official COA in box Lt Edition of 100
By Cindy Sherman
Located in New York, NY
Cindy Sherman The Nine Lives of Cindy, 2019 Printed Bone Porcelain 12 1/2 in diameter Limited Edition of 100 Plate signed verso and also accompanied by plate signed documentation card/official Certificate of Authenticity In original box Produced exclusively for the National Portrait Gallery in the United Kingdom on the occasion of the 2019 Cindy Sherman exhibition which also traveled to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Acquired directly from the National Portrait Gallery before it sold out. Cindy Sherman Biography: Born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Cindy Sherman lives and works in New York NY. Her ground-breaking photographs have interrogated themes around representation and identity in contemporary media for over four decades. Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with the Pictures Generation group alongside artists such as Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince and Louise Lawler, Sherman studied art at Buffalo State College in 1972 where she turned her attention to photography. In 1977, shortly after moving to New York, Sherman began her critically acclaimed Untitled Film Stills. A suite of 69 black and white portraits, Untitled Film Stills sees Sherman impersonate a myriad of stereotypical female characters and caricatures inspired by Hollywood pictures, film noir, and B movies. Using a range of costumes, props and backdrops to manipulate her own appearance and to create photographs resembling promotional film images, the series explores the tension between artifice and identity in consumer culture which has preoccupied the artist’s practice ever since. Sherman continued to channel and reconstruct familiar personas known to the collective psyche, often in unsettling ways. In 1981, the artist created her Centerfolds, a series of photographic double spreads inspired by men’s erotic magazines...
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paper, Mixed Media, Screen
$720Sale Price|20% Off
Cindy Sherman 1985 Exhibition Poster - Offset Print Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 23.25 inches ( 83.82 x 59.055 cm ) Image Size: 18 x 11.75 inches ( 45.72 x 29.845 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age Additional Details: Original exhibition poster for Cindy Sherman...
Offset
Cindy Sherman Bomb Magazine 1983 (advertisement)
By Cindy Sherman
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cindy Sherman Bomb Magazine 1983: A rare advertisement/promotional card featuring photography by Cindy Sherman in conjunction with Bomb Magazine. Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches. Medium...
Offset
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Untitled
By Cindy Sherman
Located in New York, NY
Color photograph (Edition of 300) 39 x 30 inches, sheet 28 x 19.5 inches, image This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Artist Cindy Sherman employs makeup,...
C Print
Price Upon Request
Line Up Series
By Cindy Sherman
Located in New York, NY
Cindy Sherman Untitled Black and White from Line Up series, 1977/2011 black and white photograph image, 9 x 6 inches paper, 10 x 8 inches Edition of 20, 4...
$2,750
H 45 in W 30 in D 0.1 in
"Two Palms" Nude Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Nude Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Signe...
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
$3,200
H 0.02 in Dm 28 in
Flowers Blooming in the Isle of the Dead, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Takashi Murakami
Located in San Rafael, CA
Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) Flowers Blooming in the Isle of the Dead, 2022 Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper 28 inches (71.1 cm) diameter (sheet) Ed. 102/300 Signed and...
Offset
$1,838
H 27 in W 22 in
Apache Chief Geronimo, Screen Print, Enamel on Somerset Paper, Signed, 2018
By Russell Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Enamel screen print on Somerset paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered on front by Russell Young. Image size 19.5 x 16 inches. Sheet size 27 x 22 inches. Edition of 27/30. Art...
Enamel
$545
H 50 in W 40 in
"50x40" FRIDA KAHLO Photomosaic Pop Art Archival Fine Art Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frida is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller i...
Archival Pigment
$20,000
H 28.27 in W 20.4 in
Cosmic Girls: Eyes Opened / Eyes Closed, Limited Edition Offset Print by Nara
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cosmic Girls: Eyes Opened / Eyes Closed (two works) The pair of offset lithographs in colors, on smooth wove paper, 2008, from the edition of 500, each with the artist's copyright st...
Offset
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.5 in W 3.75 in D 0.07 in
JEAN FERRERO FRENCH PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHER 1960s Vintage Set & Original Booklets
Located in Glenford, NY
COLD WINTER SPECIAL...$1,120....A rare set of 11 vintage original gelatin silver photographs by the French photographer JEAN FERRERO and two original "Riviera Boy’s" Catalogue Booklets. Photographs are Stamped and Numbered with the Copyright, Artist and Model's Names. Catalogue 1 and Catalogue 3 are circa 1962 and 1963. Booklets are complete, #1 is 42 pages and and #3 is 20 pages of images of Ferrero’s popular models and order forms and instructions in French. Booklet models including Rod Ferrero - Mister Europe 1961, Francois Rossi - Mr. France 1958 and Umbrerto Devetak - Mr. Italy 1961. For legal reasons photos in the catalogues have posing straps drawn on however, actual photographs in this series are full nudes. The collection features Ferrero’s photographs from the early 1960s with some of his favorite and best known physique models including Bud Lanter, Daniel Cartier, Jean Daniel, Kid Pomer and Romeo. Ferrero’s had a natural style that was distinctively unique among male nude photography...
Silver Gelatin
$4,082
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in
If I Could Reach That Field Of Flowers, I Would Die Happy
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset print with cold stamp Edition 39 of 300 60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process
Offset
$1,500
H 27 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
"Two Palms" Black & White Photography 27" x 18" in Edition 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Black & White Photography 27" x 18" in Edition 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin...
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
$2,750
H 45 in W 30 in D 0.1 in
"Lovesick" Black & White Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lovesick" Black & White Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artis...
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
I Am The Last Of My Kind
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Published by the Royal Academy
Lithograph, Offset
$3,742
H 29.14 in W 20.87 in
Homage to Monogold, 1960 Offset Print, Signed, Edition 28/300
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset print with cold stamp Edition 28 of 300 74 x 53 cm (29.1 x 20.8 in) Signed and numbered on the front Artwork in excellent condition. Minor crease along very edge of print on t...
Lithograph, Offset
Maiden in The Yellow Straw Hat
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph in colours on wove paper Edition 124 of 300 60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production ...
Offset
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen
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H 31.5 in W 7.88 in
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
By Cindy Sherman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: 50 Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditio...
Wood, Maple, Screen