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Cindy Sherman — Untitled Film Still #45
Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Still #45

A solitary woman stands on a desolate roadside, suitcase in hand, gazing into the vast open landscape before her. Sherman inhabits the role of a cinematic archetype — the young woman escaping or arriving, caught in a moment of uncertain transition. The image evokes the visual language of 1950s and 60s Hollywood melodrama, blurring the line between personal narrative and constructed fiction.

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Contemporary Photographs

September 27, 2019

Estimate: $120,000$180,000

Lot 13

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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #45

A solitary woman stands on a desolate roadside, suitcase in hand, gazing into the vast open landscape before her. Sherman inhabits the role of a cinematic archetype — the young woman escaping or arriving, caught in a moment of uncertain transition. The image evokes the visual language of 1950s and 60s Hollywood melodrama, blurring the line between personal narrative and constructed fiction.

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Photography, Cinematic, Feminist Art, American, Conceptual Art, Portraiture, Staged, Self-Portraiture, Black and White, Contemporary

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