{"product_id":"cindy-sherman-untitled-317-retrospective-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-1998","title":"Cindy Sherman — Untitled #317 (1995) — Exhibition Postcard, Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1998","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuseum promotional postcard \/ exhibition announcement\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on card stock\u003cbr\u003ePublished by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: 21 February – 31 May 1998\u003cbr\u003eCondition: light handling wear and minor surface marks consistent with age and storage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eCindy Sherman: Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago from 21 February – 31 May 1998 and jointly organised with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The card reproduces \u003cem\u003eUntitled #317\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), a work from Sherman’s mid-1990s \u003cem\u003eMasks\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reproduced image belongs to a body of work in which Sherman shifted from earlier self-performative roles toward prosthetic surfaces, mannequins, masks, and constructed identities. The tightly framed gold face produces an uncertain register somewhere between portrait, disguise, mannequin, and theatrical object. Identity appears less as revelation than as a manufactured surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse retains traces of its original function. Alongside exhibition information, museum text, and a membership campaign offer, the object records a particular moment when institutional promotion, mass circulation, and a major retrospective converged. The postcard becomes both advertisement and residual exhibition material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item. Shipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE NEW RARE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53551096430930,"sku":"SHERMAN-MCA-PC-1998","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Sherman_Cindy._Museum_of_Contemporary_Art_exhibition_announcement._1998_front.jpg?v=1779609858","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/cindy-sherman-untitled-317-retrospective-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-1998","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}