Lot 116
  • 116

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO | Einstein Tower

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • Einstein Tower
  • signed and blindstamped 2/25 426
  • gelatin silver print
  • image: 58.5 by 47 cm. 23 by 18 1/2 in.
  • sheet: 60.5 by 48 cm. 23 3/4 by 18 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 2000-01, this work is number 2 from an edition of 25.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Private Collection, United States
Christie's, New York, 9 November 2005, Lot 492
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Pasadena, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Sugimoto: Architecture, February 2003 - February 2004, p. 47, illustrated (edition no. unknown)
Washington, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Hiroshi Sugimoto, September 2005 - May 2006, p. 188, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are no red undertones and the overall tonality is slightly darker in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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