Hiroshi Sugimoto - ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales London Thursday, May 17, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo

  • Literature

    Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters, Bologna: Damiani, 2016, p. 138

  • Artist Biography

    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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141

Imax Tempozan, Osaka

1999
Gelatin silver print, mounted.
42.2 x 54.3 cm (16 5/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
Signed in pencil on the mount; blindstamp title, date and number '8/26 271' in the margin.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

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ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales

London Auction 18 May 2018