No Reserve
42
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Staircase at Villa Farnese II, Caprarola
- Estimate
- £600 - 800•‡
Lot Details
offset lithograph on paper
70 x 70 cm (27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2016, this work is from an edition of 300 published for the exhibition Quattro Ragazzi: Europe through the Eyes of Hiroshi Sugimoto and Tenshō Embassy at The Museum of Art, Atami, Japan, 5 October - 4 November 2018.
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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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