Lot 506
  • 506

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • Winnetka Drive-In, Paramount
  • blind-stamped with the title, date 1993, number 20/25 and negative number 712 in the margin; signed on the mount 
  • gelatin silver print
  • 19 by 23 in. 48.3 by 58.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1993, this work is number 20 from an edition of 25.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 2002 

Exhibited

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Hiroshi Sugimoto, September 2005 - May 2006, p. 96, illustrated (another example exhibited) 
 

Literature

Hans Belting, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters, New York 2000, pp. 162-163, illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is window matted and hinged to the backing board with photo corners in all four corners. There is a pinpoint white accretion approximately 2 inches from the left edges and 4 inches from the bottom edge, only visible under very close inspection. Framed under Plexiglas.
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