Hiroshi Sugimoto - Saturday @ Phillips London Friday, September 5, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Yoshii Gallery, New York

  • Artist Biography

    Hiroshi Sugimoto

    Japanese • 1948

    Hiroshi Sugimoto's work examines the concepts of time, space and the metaphysics of human existence through breathtakingly perfect images of theaters, mathematical forms, wax figures and seascapes. His 8 x 10 inch, large-format camera and long exposures give an almost eerie serenity to his images, treating the photograph as an ethereal time capsule and challenging its associations of the 'instant.' 

    In his famed Seascapes, Sugimoto sublimely captures the nature of water and air, sharpening and blurring the elements together into a seamless, formless entity.  This reflection of the human condition and its relationship with time follows through his exploration of historical topics and timeless beauty as he uniquely replicates the world around us.

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Portfolio of nine works: The Origins of Love (incl. eight works from Diorama and The Music Lesson)

2004
Eight offset lithographs and one pigmented inkjet print, mounted on board.
(i)-(iv) 13 x 19.7 cm. (5 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.); (v)-(viii) 15.6 x 19.7 cm. (6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.); (ix) 19.7 x 15.6 cm. (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Signed and numbered on portfolio case; (ix) signed lower edge. This work is from an edition of 50.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Saturday @ Phillips

6 Sept 2008, 12pm
London