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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #13, 1978
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #13, 1978
gelatin silver print
40 × 30 in (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Edition of 3
Fair market value $580,000
▲ +$484,000 (+504%) since purchase
Insurance value $700,000
Monitoring Up since last appraisal
$700K $400K $200K
1999200520152025
07/15/2025 Cove $580K $700K
08/20/2015 External $380K $456K
11/14/2005 External $185K $222K
12/07/1999 Purchase $96K
Phillips, New York Dec 1999
→ Current Owner   (Auction, Lot 47)
Contemporary Photographs
Artist information
NationalityAmerican
Life datesb. 1954

Cindy Sherman is a seminal American artist celebrated for her conceptual portraits that have fundamentally challenged the nature of photography and the construction of identity since the late 1970s. Her work is a cornerstone of virtually every major museum collection worldwide, including MoMA, the Tate, the Centre Pompidou, and the Guggenheim.

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Artwork context
MovementPictures Generation
StyleStaged photography

From Untitled Film Stills (1977–1980), a series of 70 black-and-white photographs in which Sherman staged herself as heroines of non-existent 1950s B-movies and film noir. A landmark of postmodern art.

Exhibition history
11
Literature & publications
15
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Hurvin Anderson, Beach Scene, 2003
Market value vs. appraised value — Hurvin Anderson, Beach Scene, 2003 A line chart from 2009 through 2026. The dashed red line shows insured/appraised value held flat between three appraisals at $157K, $465K, and $1.17M. The solid green line shows actual market value rising continuously to $2.75M by 2026 — a widening gap between insured and market value across three intervals. $3M $2M $1M Purchase 2009 Appraisal 2013 Appraisal 2017 Today 2026 $157K $465K $1.17M $2.75M +$308K IN 4 YEARS +$705K IN 4 YEARS +$1.58M IN 9 YEARS
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PROVENANCE  ·  CONDITION REPORTS  ·  ARCHIVAL IMAGERY
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Untitled Film Still #13, 1978

Gelatin silver print, 40 × 30 in. Edition 1 of 3. Acquired at Phillips, New York in December 1999 for $96,000. Currently appraised at $580,000 — a 504% gain. Your appraisal is current as of July 2025.

This is from Sherman's Untitled Film Stills series (1977–80), the body of work that defined her career and the Pictures Generation as a whole.

MoMA purchased the complete Film Stills series in 1995 for $1 million, cementing its canonical status. Your edition 1 of 3 is from a small-edition reprint; the series was originally produced in editions of 10.

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