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Untitled Film Still, 1979
Gelatin silver print

Purchase with funds from the Lucinda W. Bunnen
for the Bunnen Collection, 1981.160

Like Lucas Samaras, Cindy Sherman uses her
own image as the basis for her work. In one early
series of photographs, she recalls the style and
assumes the identity of characters in fake publicity
film stills. To what extent is this a self-portrait?