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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO | 'POLAR BEAR' (FROM THE SERIES DIORAMAS), 1976
Auction Closed
May 16, 01:31 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
b.1948
'POLAR BEAR' (FROM THE SERIES DIORAMAS), 1976
Silver print, flush-mounted to card. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 12/25 in pencil with the photographer's '12/25 105' blind-stamp in the margin. Mounted and framed.
Image 42 x 54 cm (16½x 21¼in.);
sheet 50.5 x 60.5 cm (19⅞x 23⅞in.)
Private collection, Germany
'Photography is like a found object. A photographer never makes an actual subject; they just steal the image from the world... Photography is a system of saving memories. It's a time machine, in a way, to preserve the memory, to preserve time'. - Hiroshi Sugimoto