Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Private Collection
Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, February 8, 2007, lot 439
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Dioramas, Theaters, Seascapes, June 11 – September 17, 1988, then traveled to Tokyo, Sagacho Exhibit Space and Zeit-Foto Salon (September 30 – October 22, 1988) (another example exhibited)
H. Belting, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters, New York: Sonnabend Sundell Editions, 2000, p. 43, no. 219 (illustrated)
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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