© Courtesy of the artist and Metro Picture Gallery
Untitled, No 199
Artist: Cindy Sherman (born 1954)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1989
Materials: C-print framed in silver
Dimensions: 63.5 x 45.7cm
Gift:
Review number: 5349 (2003)
Provenance:
JPMorgan Chase.
Description:
Deliberately untitled work from the History Portraits series. The artist appears in the guise of Marth Washington (1731-1802), wife of the first President of the United States. Turning to face us in three-quarter profile, she adopts a modest pose typical of 18th century female portraits, with her gaze demurely cast to one side. Her hands are pressed closed to her body, clutching a closed fan. As with all of Sherman's photographs there is something disconcerting about the image which makes us question the convention she adopts - for example, the shiny face, sunburnt face and glassy eyes reflecting the studio lights confront us with the real woman behind the costume.
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