PARIS.- PIASA will present for auction the interior of American artist Cindy Sherman’s Paris pied-à-terre, designed and arranged by Laplace, an internationally renowned architecture firm.

This unique auction highlights the intimate dialogue between the conceptual universe of the photographer and the refined architectural vision of Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy, founders of the agency.

“Designing this apartment for Cindy Sherman was an exciting creative dialogue. We sought to translate her visual universe into a harmonious space, both timeless and bold,” said Luis Laplace & Christophe Comoy.

Modernist furniture, contemporary artworks, rare design pieces, fashion, and luxury objects reflect a shared sensitivity to elegance, visual culture, and formal experimentation.

The auction will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025, under the title: From Cindy Sherman’s pied-à- terre in Paris. Designed by Laplace.

AN AMERICAN ARTIST IN PARIS

The auction “From Cindy Sherman’s pied-à-terre in Paris. Designed by Laplace,” dedicated to the auction of the interior of American artist Cindy Sherman’s Paris apartment, reveals a unique creative collaboration between the conceptual artist and the duo Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy.

“The first time I woke up in this Paris apartment, all I had was a bed and some sheets,” the artist told AD France in 2013. “I thought I knew myself well enough to create my own living space, but I quickly realized how incredibly time-consuming it is.” Her friend, designer Annabelle Selldorf, recommended architects Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy, who founded Laplace in the early 2000s. The pair are close collaborators of Ursula Hauser, co-founder of the Hauser & Wirth gallery, for whom they have designed numerous professional and private spaces. Cindy Sherman is also represented by Hauser & Wirth.

Design is no stranger to the artist: her “anti-portraits” are often staged in interiors where furniture and objects play a crucial role in shaping her characters — the living room of her New York apartment, recreated for Untitled Film Still #50 (1979), meaningfully highlights this dimension of her work. “She’s very knowledgeable about what’s going on in architecture and interior design,” the duo confirms. “Her design culture is truly impressive.”

Cindy Sherman was quickly taken with the decorators’ approach by the architecture firm, which blends a modernist, international style with a touch of chic, quintessentially Parisian glamour. In the living room, facing the fireplace, a large curved Italian sofa sits across from two 1960s armchairs upholstered in yellow fabric. On the coffee table are two ceramics by American sculptor Chris Garofalo. In the dining room, six chairs by the Italo-Brazilian designer Guglielmo Ulrich, echoes a pair of Pilot armchairs by the Swedish designer Arne Norell and two consoles in the style of Marc du Plantier, on which rest two Murano glass vases by Massimo Micheluzzi.

When they first met the artist, Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy had just returned from a trip to West Africa with samples of traditional textiles. Cindy Sherman was immediately drawn to the colors of these wide strips of waxed cotton, which became the curtains for her windows.

The rest of the auction includes a selection of the photographer’s personal belongings, notably the famous Malle Studio, created for the 160th anniversary of Louis Vuitton’s Monogram canvas — the iconic house has been a steadfast supporter of the artist since the beginning of her career (€50,000–70,000).

Born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Cindy Sherman is a major figure in contemporary art, renowned for her photographic work exploring themes of identity, gender, representation, and stereotypes. She first gained recognition in the late 1970s with her groundbreaking Untitled Film Stills series, in which she portrayed herself as various female characters inspired by archetypes from film, media, and art history. For over forty years, she has created a radical body of work through constant transformation, blurring the lines between subject and object, fiction and reality. Using makeup, costumes, photography, and set design, Sherman examines the construction of images and the social codes that shape how we perceive ourselves and others. Her work is held in the collections of the world’s leading museums, and she has profoundly influenced the history of photography, continuing to inspire generations of artists.