What record did her Untitled #96 set in 2011?

Highest price paid for a photograph at the time

Cindy Sherman Quiz: Untitled Film Stills and Disguises

Wigs, makeup and costumes let one artist become hundreds of different characters, and this Cindy Sherman quiz explores her staged identities. Play 10 interactive questions on the Untitled Film Stills, black-and-white film heroines, MoMA's purchase, the Pictures Generation, history portraits, clowns, society portraits, record auction prices, her MacArthur fellowship and Instagram selfies.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Subject
Who appears in most of Cindy Sherman's photographs?
Series
Which 1977 to 1980 series made her famous?
Style
What do the Untitled Film Stills imitate?
MoMA
Which museum bought the complete Film Stills set in 1995?
Group
Which group of artists is she associated with?
History
What did her history portraits series reimagine?
Clowns
Which unsettling characters starred in a 2003 to 2004 series?
Record
What record did her Untitled #96 set in 2011?
Award
Which fellowship did she receive in 1995?
Social
Where has she posted altered selfies in recent years?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who appears in most of Cindy Sherman's photographs?
Answer: Sherman herself in disguise
She is photographer, model and stylist.
Q2: Which 1977 to 1980 series made her famous?
Answer: Untitled Film Stills
It has 70 black-and-white images.
Q3: What do the Untitled Film Stills imitate?
Answer: Scenes from old movies
No real films are referenced.
Q4: Which museum bought the complete Film Stills set in 1995?
Answer: MoMA
It was a major acquisition.
Q5: Which group of artists is she associated with?
Answer: The Pictures Generation
They explored media images.
Q6: What did her history portraits series reimagine?
Answer: Old master paintings
She used prosthetics and costumes.
Q7: Which unsettling characters starred in a 2003 to 2004 series?
Answer: Clowns
The colors were bright and strange.
Q8: What record did her Untitled #96 set in 2011?
Answer: Highest price paid for a photograph at the time
It sold for about 3.9 million dollars.
Q9: Which fellowship did she receive in 1995?
Answer: A MacArthur Fellowship
It is often called the genius grant.
Q10: Where has she posted altered selfies in recent years?
Answer: Instagram
She uses face-editing apps.

Cindy Sherman Quiz – Untitled Film Stills and Disguises

Cindy Sherman, born in New Jersey in 1954, photographs herself in costumes, wigs and makeup, acting as photographer, model and stylist. She is associated with the Pictures Generation, artists who explored mass media imagery.

Her breakthrough was Untitled Film Stills, 70 black-and-white photographs made from 1977 to 1980 that look like scenes from forgotten movies. MoMA bought the complete set in 1995.

Later series include history portraits recreating old master paintings, clowns and society portraits. In 2011 Untitled #96 became the most expensive photograph sold at the time. She received a MacArthur Fellowship and now shares altered selfies on Instagram.

What This Quiz Teaches

Art lovers will enjoy these questions.

Who Sherman is
Which series made her famous
How she works
Which records she set
How her work evolved

Did You Know?

She never titles her photos with names, only numbers.
Her characters are invented, not real people.
She sometimes uses prosthetic body parts.
Retrospectives have toured major museums.
She studied at Buffalo State College.