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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto's images freeze time and space, revealing the workings of our own vision, slowing down the act
of perception long enough that it becomes a palpable component of his work. Inspired by early 19th century
photography and Renaissance paintings, the artist achieves an exquisite range of tones in a body of work that
reflects a great love of detail, an exceptional technical ability, and a fascination with the paradox of time. His
earliest photographs were images of decadent movie palaces built in the 20s and 30s. By timing the exposure of
his photos to the exact length of the film being screened, he produced images that depict theater interiors
bathed in the magical glare of an all-white screen: pure light. Next Sugimoto began a body of work that he
continues to this day, photographing views of the sea from land, traveling around the world to make pictures
that, despite their vastly different geographic origins, seem at first to be the same, with only slight variations.
Their captions, however, confirm that each is of a different body of water: Caspian, Ligurian, Black. Hiroshi
Sugimoto investigates the notion of timelessness by recording the seascape, a surface that remains the least
changed thus revealing a time that exists beyond our own. For more information on Hiroshi Sugimoto, click here.
Time Exposed consists of 50 tri-toned offset lithographs, published by Kyoto Shoin International Co., Ltd..
Printed by Mitsumura Printing Company Ltd. (Tokyo), the portfolio is comprised of 50 black and white prints of
captured seascapes worldwide. Each print is embossed with a letterpress (blindstamp) description of the location
and year of the image. Each image is approx. 9½ x 12½ in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm.), corner dry mounted on 14 x 18
in. (36 x 47 cm) white museum board. The images are from an edition of 500.
Click here to see all available images.
Please inquire for availability and pricing on a complete portfolio.
For more information on these images or to purchase, please call Rahul at
(917) 586-9914, or email us at art@shpcontemporary.com. Also visit us on artnet
of perception long enough that it becomes a palpable component of his work. Inspired by early 19th century
photography and Renaissance paintings, the artist achieves an exquisite range of tones in a body of work that
reflects a great love of detail, an exceptional technical ability, and a fascination with the paradox of time. His
earliest photographs were images of decadent movie palaces built in the 20s and 30s. By timing the exposure of
his photos to the exact length of the film being screened, he produced images that depict theater interiors
bathed in the magical glare of an all-white screen: pure light. Next Sugimoto began a body of work that he
continues to this day, photographing views of the sea from land, traveling around the world to make pictures
that, despite their vastly different geographic origins, seem at first to be the same, with only slight variations.
Their captions, however, confirm that each is of a different body of water: Caspian, Ligurian, Black. Hiroshi
Sugimoto investigates the notion of timelessness by recording the seascape, a surface that remains the least
changed thus revealing a time that exists beyond our own. For more information on Hiroshi Sugimoto, click here.
Time Exposed consists of 50 tri-toned offset lithographs, published by Kyoto Shoin International Co., Ltd..
Printed by Mitsumura Printing Company Ltd. (Tokyo), the portfolio is comprised of 50 black and white prints of
captured seascapes worldwide. Each print is embossed with a letterpress (blindstamp) description of the location
and year of the image. Each image is approx. 9½ x 12½ in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm.), corner dry mounted on 14 x 18
in. (36 x 47 cm) white museum board. The images are from an edition of 500.
Click here to see all available images.
Please inquire for availability and pricing on a complete portfolio.
For more information on these images or to purchase, please call Rahul at
(917) 586-9914, or email us at art@shpcontemporary.com. Also visit us on artnet
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UA Playhouse, New York, 1978 Gemsbok, 1980
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2005
Lithographs, 4 signed editions of 50 each (See full image here)
Sheet 27 1/2 by 27 1/2 in (71 x 71 cm)
Inquire for price & availability
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2005
Lithographs, 4 signed editions of 50 each (See full image here)
Sheet 27 1/2 by 27 1/2 in (71 x 71 cm)
Inquire for price & availability
Mathematical Forms: Surface 0009
"Conic Surface of Revolution with
Constant Negative Curvature", 2004
National Museum of Arts, Osaka, 2007
Sheet 27.5 by 20.5 in, Image 24 by 19 in
Edition of 300.
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"Conic Surface of Revolution with
Constant Negative Curvature", 2004
National Museum of Arts, Osaka, 2007
Sheet 27.5 by 20.5 in, Image 24 by 19 in
Edition of 300.
Inquire
U.A. WALKER, NEW YORK, 1978
Paper Size: 17 x 21 inches Image Size: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Printed on Acid-Free BFA Paper Signed in Pencil, lower right
Housed as Originally Published in the custom-made, piano-hinged, brushed Aluminum Box; a Work
of Art itself! The Specific Numbered Impression of 1000 is Printed on a White Card inside the
Aluminum Box. Price upon inquiry.
Paper Size: 17 x 21 inches Image Size: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Printed on Acid-Free BFA Paper Signed in Pencil, lower right
Housed as Originally Published in the custom-made, piano-hinged, brushed Aluminum Box; a Work
of Art itself! The Specific Numbered Impression of 1000 is Printed on a White Card inside the
Aluminum Box. Price upon inquiry.
UA Playhouse, New York, 1978
Brutus Magazine Edition, Tokyo, 2005
Framed, image size 8 x 10 in
$450
Brutus Magazine Edition, Tokyo, 2005
Framed, image size 8 x 10 in
$450
Lake Superior, Cascade River, 1995 Villa Savoy, Le Corbusier, 1998
Cinerama Dome,
Hollywood 1993
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo 2004
Image 27.5 by 34.5 in
Edition of 100.
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Hollywood 1993
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo 2004
Image 27.5 by 34.5 in
Edition of 100.
Inquire
Boden Sea, Uttwil 1993
Tri-tone lithograph on paper
Image 31 x 24 inches (79 x 61 cm)
Black lacquer framed with UV plexiglas
$1750
Tri-tone lithograph on paper
Image 31 x 24 inches (79 x 61 cm)
Black lacquer framed with UV plexiglas
$1750
