Property from a Distinguished Private European Collection
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
- Estimate
- £120,000 - 180,000‡
£201,600
Lot Details
gelatin silver print, in artist's frame
signed 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' on the artist's label affixed to the reverse
print 119.4 x 149.2 cm (47 x 58 3/4 in.)
artist's frame 152.4 x 182.2 cm (60 x 71 3/4 in.)
artist's frame 152.4 x 182.2 cm (60 x 71 3/4 in.)
Executed in 1997, this work is number 5 from an edition of 5.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japanese | 1948Hiroshi 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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