Lot 106
  • 106

Hiroshi Sugimoto (B. 1948)

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • Time Exposed, 1991
  • Photograph
50 offset lithographs, each with embossed title, date and number (on the mount). Signed in pencil on one of the five text inserts. Edited by Mitsumura Printing  Co., Tokyo, 1991. With the original aluminium case.

Literature

Martin Parr/ Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume I, London, Phaidon, 2004, ill. p. 308.

Condition

The prints generally in excellent condition. The five text inserts crisp and clean. The aluminium case in excellent condition. The cardbord case with some surface dirt and the corners and edges slightly bumped, partially torn on the edge.
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