Tureen with Cover and Under Plate, "Madame de Pompadour (nee Poisson) Pattern"

• Artist: Cindy Sherman
• Medium: Porcelain with painted and silk-screened decoration
• Dates: 1990
• Dimensions: Tureen with Cover: 10 1/4 x 14 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (26 x 37.1 x 23.5 cm) Other (Under Plate): 2 1/2 x 22 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (6.4 x 56.2 x 43.5 cm)
• Markings: Underside, (a) tureen: printed in black: " Madame de Pompadour/Nee poisson (1721 1764)/ by/ Cindy Sherman/ for/ [company logo] ARTES MAGNUS/10B/25/ [signature] cindy sherman(?)/ silk screened and hand/painted by/ [company logo]Ancienne Manufacture/Royale/Fondee en 1737/ Limoges France." (b) Underside: " Madame de Pompadour/Nee poisson (1721 1764)/ by/ Cindy Sherman/ for/ [company logo] ARTES MAGNUS/10B/25/ [signature] cindy sherman(?)/ silk screened and hand/painted by/ [company logo]Ancienne Manufacture/Royale/Fondee en 1737/ Limoges France." (c) Underside: " Madame de Pompadour/Nee poisson (1721 1764)/ by/ Cindy Sherman/ for/ [company logo] ARTES MAGNUS/10B/25/ [signature] cindy sherman(?)/ silk screened and hand/painted by/ [company logo]Ancienne Manufacture/Royale/Fondee en 1737/ Limoges France."
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H24, 2G
• Exhibitions:
  • Thinking Big: Recent Design Acquisitions (March 4, 2011 through May 29, 2011)
• Accession Number: 2009.47a-c
• Edition: 10 from an edition of 25
• Image: CUR.2009.47a_detail1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2011