Untitled #150, from the series Fairy Tales
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #150, from the series Fairy Tales, 1985, chromogenic print, Museum Purchase: Robert Hale Ellis Jr. Fund for the Blanche Eloise Day Ellis and Robert Hale Ellis Memorial Collection, © 1985 Cindy Sherman, Courtesy of Metro Pictures, 86.134
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- Title
Untitled #150, from the series Fairy Tales
- Related Titles
original language: Untitled #150
series (original language): Fairy Tales
- Artist
- Date
1985
- Medium
chromogenic print
- Edition
5/6
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
66 3/8 in x 49 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Robert Hale Ellis Jr. Fund for the Blanche Eloise Day Ellis and Robert Hale Ellis Memorial Collection
- Accession Number
86.134
- Copyright
© 1985 Cindy Sherman, Courtesy of Metro Pictures
- Terms
In 1985, Cindy Sherman was commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine to illustrate fairy tales. She read Aesop’s fables, the Brothers Grimm, and various folktales in preparation, seeking out the most frightening among them. Working with masks, prostheses, and theatrical paint, she produced a series of richly colored and macabre images, using herself as the primary model. Currently Sherman is the focus of a major retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art through June 11, 2012; a print of this photograph is featured in the exhibition.
- Exhibitions
1995 Hard Choices: Works from the Permanent Collection Portland Art Museum
2012 70 Years/70 Photographs Portland Art Museum
