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Hiroshi Sugimoto

Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea

$20,000–30,000
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1990
Gelatin silver print.
16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (41.9 x 54.6 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 11/25, and annotated '345' in pencil on the mount; blindstamp title, number 11/25, and '345' in the margin.

Created by the artist in the United States.

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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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