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Hiroshi Sugimoto
The Last Supper
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- $400,000 - 600,000
$533,400
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gelatin silver print mounted on panel, in artist’s frames, in 5 parts
signed "Sugimoto" on a label affixed to the reverse of the center panel
center panel unframed 46 1/2 x 58 3/4 in. (118.1 x 149.2 cm)
each side panel unframed 46 1/2 x 43 in. (118.1 x 109.2 cm)
overall unframed 46 1/2 x 278 in. (118.1 x 706.1 cm)
overall framed 59 1/2 x 291 in. (151.1 x 739.1 cm)
each side panel unframed 46 1/2 x 43 in. (118.1 x 109.2 cm)
overall unframed 46 1/2 x 278 in. (118.1 x 706.1 cm)
overall framed 59 1/2 x 291 in. (151.1 x 739.1 cm)
Executed in 1999, in the United States, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5.
Other examples from this edition are housed in the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the YAGEO Foundation, Taiwan and the Pinault Collection, Paris.
Other examples from this edition are housed in the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the YAGEO Foundation, Taiwan and the Pinault Collection, Paris.
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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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