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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective
Nov. 2, 1997-Feb. 1, 1998
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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective was co-organized by MOCA and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA). The exhibition was the artist's largest mid-career survey and included 156 works created between the mid-1970s and 1997. A special program of films selected by the artist were presented in the Ahmanson Auditorium to coincide with the exhibition. Co-curated by Elizabeth Smith and Amanda Cruz of the MCA, the show traveled to the MCA, Feb. 28-May 31, 1997; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Jun. 25-Aug. 23, 1998; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Oct. 16, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999; Museé d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Feb. 6-Apr. 25, 1999; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, June 4-Aug. 30, 1999; and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Oct. 1, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000.
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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, 1988-2000
Box 117
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Folder 12
Project description,
1997 Includes drafts of project description and packet of project proposal materials with supporting images.
8 items
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Folder 13
Checklist,
1995-1999 9 items
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Folder 14
Grant application materials, correspondence,
1996 13 items
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Folder 15
Budget,
1996-1998 94 items
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Folder 16
Correspondence,
1993-1999 Includes three faxed letters from the artist.
60 items
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Folder 17-18
Catalog,
1996-1997 Inlcudes index of sources, handwritten notes, and research materials.
49 items
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Folder 19-20
Loans,
1997-1999 48 items
Box 118
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Folder 1-2
Loans,
1997-1999 27 items
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Folder 3-4
Miscellaneous loan information and correspondence,
1995-1999 Includes loan requests, loan agreeements, lender lists, and handwritten notes.
96 items
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Folder 5
Loan correspondence-Untitled Film Stills,
1996-1997 10 items
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Folder 6
Related images and announcements,
1988-1996 Includes one handwritten postcard from the artist making suggestions for "A Forest of Signs," as well as a brochure, invitations, and images from previous Sherman exhibits.
17 items
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Folder 7
Notes,
1997 26 items
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Folder 8
Signage
5 items
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Folder 9
Floor plans,
1997 18 items
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Folder 10
Film/video program information,
1997-1999 Includes correspondence and notes about Sherman's horror film selections for a film series to be played in conjunction with the exhibition.
20 items
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Folder 11
Invitations,
1997 4 items
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Folder 12
Opening events,
1997 Includes notes, lists, correspondence, invoices, and invitations for events in honor of Sherman, as well as a brochure and a note with the total attendence at the exhibition.
47 items
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Folder 13-14
Media coverage,
1997-1998 64 items
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Folder 15
Tour solicitation,
1995-2000 Includes correspondence with other institutions seeking interest in participation of touring exhibit.
64 items
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Folder 16
Tour documents-MOCA,
1998 Includes tour itinerary and exhibition information packet.
3 items
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Folder 17-18
Tour-Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
1995-1999 Includes correspondence, checklist and exhibit agreement between the two originating institutions.
84 items
Box 119
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Folder 1-2
Tour-Galerie Rudolfinum,
1997-1998 Includes exhibition agreement, checklist, brochures, programs, and correspondence.
121 items
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Folder 3
Tour-Barbican Art Gallery exhibition agreement and checklist
Includes printed ephemera advertising the exhibition, which did not occur.
9 items
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Folder 4
Tour-Barbican Art Gallery correspondence,
1996-1998 Includes correspondence regarding Sherman's decision to pull out of the show, believing the gallery to be aesthetically unsuitable for displaying her works. Includes five faxed letters from the artist.
118 items
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Folder 5-6
Tour-Centro Cultural de Belém correspondence and notes,
1998-1999 86 items
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Folder 7
Tour-Centro Cultural de Belém exhibition materials,
1998 Includes photographs, brochures, programs, and press dossier from exhibit.
31 items
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Folder 8
Tour-Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux agreement and correspondence,
1996-1999 102 items
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Folder 9
Tour-Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux slides, catalog content, and postcard,
1996-1999 3 items
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Folder 10-11
Tour-Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,
1995-1999 Brochures, programs, press releases, correspondence, and a media coverage report consisting of local articles, as well as exhibition agreement and correspondence.
102 items
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Folder 12
Tour-Art Gallery of Ontario agreement, checklist, and correspondence,
1997-1999 54 items
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Folder 13
Tour-Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition packet,
2000 Brochures, programs, photographs, and press releases.
24 items
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Folder 14
Tour-Mexico City,
1995-1997 Exhibition agreement, correspondence, and notes.
26 items
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Folder 15-16
Tour-other/denied,
1993-1998 Correspondence with other domestic and international institutions regarding interest in exhibit tour.
89 items






