Photographs from an Important Collection
185
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Stylized Sculpture 054 (Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli, 1947)
- Estimate
- $12,000 - 18,000
$38,100
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted and mounted again.
2007
58 5/8 x 47 in. (148.9 x 119.4 cm)
Overall 71 7/8 x 60 in. (182.6 x 152.4 cm)
Overall 71 7/8 x 60 in. (182.6 x 152.4 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date, and number 1/5 on an artist's label affixed to the frame backing.
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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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