Yasumasa Morimura (B. 1996)
Yasumasa Morimura (B. 1996)

Self Portrait–After Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo 1, Greta Garbo 2, Brigitte Bardot 1, Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Kristel, Audrey Hepburn 1, Liza Minelli 1

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Yasumasa Morimura (B. 1996)
Self Portrait–After Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo 1, Greta Garbo 2, Brigitte Bardot 1, Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Kristel, Audrey Hepburn 1, Liza Minelli 1
gelatin silver print, in eight parts
(i-vi): 17 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. (44 x 34.5 cm.)
(vii-viii): 17 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (44 x 29 cm.)
Executed in 1996. These works are each number nine from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Luhring Augustine, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 June 2003, lot 285
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Fame After Photo, July-October 1999 (another example exhibited).
Sale room notice
Please note this work is from an edition of ten plus two artist’s proofs.

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Lot Essay

“Morimura is in a paradoxical situation, not only as an artist, but as a self: He uses art to objectify himself, but he seems peculiarly selfless despite doing so. That is, he remains apart and aloof from the art of which he has become an inseparable part, standing out from the picture as though watching himself perform in it.”
- Donald Kuspit, “Art’s Identity Crisis: Yasumasa Morimura’s Photographs,” Daughter of Art History. Photographs by Yasumasa Morimura, New York, p. 9

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