Hiroshi Sugimoto - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 29, 2013 | Phillips
  • 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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U.A. Walker Theatre, New York; and Theatres

1978/2000
Photoetching, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, with accompanying bound book,
I. 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (29.2 x 37.5 cm)
S. 17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm)

signed in pencil, numbered 0277/1000 on a label affixed to the case, published by Eyestorm and Sonnabend Sundell Editions, London and New York, in excellent condition, unframed, contained in original metal hinged case.

Estimate
$2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for $3,000

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Evening & Day Editions

New York 29 April 2013 10am & 6pm