- 2825
Sugimoto Hiroshi
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 HKD
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Description
- Sugimoto Hiroshi
- Joe 2053
- gelatin silver print, framed
executed in 2004
edition 3/5
signed by the artist on reverse
edition 3/5
signed by the artist on reverse
Provenance
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo.
A private American collection.
A private American collection.
Exhibited
USA, St. Louis, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Hiroshi Sugimoto - Joe, 12 May - 14 October, 2006 (alternative edition exhibited)
Japan, Tokyo, Gallery Koyanagi, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Art Capturing, 2007
Japan, Tokyo, Gallery Koyanagi, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Art Capturing, 2007
Condition
Overall in very good condition. Frame is especially designed by the artist. Framed size: 182.6 x 152.8 x 7.7 cm
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by Gallery Koyanagi certifying that the current frame accompanying the Joe photograph series is original and especially designed by the artist Sugimoto Hiroshi.
Sugimoto Hiroshi's highly stylised black and white silver gelatin prints are ethereal images of memories, emphasising the conflict between impermanence and permanence. In 2003, Sugimoto arrived in St. Louis, Missouri to photograph the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architect Ando Tadao. He was instead captivated by Richard Serra's torqued spiral sculpture, Joe, which stands as tribute to the late Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in the Foundation's courtyard. "It was amazing," Sugimoto exclaimed in an interview. "Even though it was a small structure, if I moved just a few inches, the composition changed. I could come up with a hundred different compositions easily." Using an out-of-focus lens to blur the imagery, he captures the essence of Joe's tilted elliptical shape against the backdrop of the building and open sky. "The sculpture looks more architectural to me than the architecture, so what's the difference?"1 The following year, Sugimoto collaborated with American novelist, Jonathan Safran Foer, to publish his Joe photograph series alongside a Foer poem, which describes a protagonist named Joe experiencing circular passages of time—echoing the visual language of both Sugimoto's photographs (see lots 2825 & 2904) and Serra's sculpture.
Sugimoto Hiroshi's highly stylised black and white silver gelatin prints are ethereal images of memories, emphasising the conflict between impermanence and permanence. In 2003, Sugimoto arrived in St. Louis, Missouri to photograph the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architect Ando Tadao. He was instead captivated by Richard Serra's torqued spiral sculpture, Joe, which stands as tribute to the late Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in the Foundation's courtyard. "It was amazing," Sugimoto exclaimed in an interview. "Even though it was a small structure, if I moved just a few inches, the composition changed. I could come up with a hundred different compositions easily." Using an out-of-focus lens to blur the imagery, he captures the essence of Joe's tilted elliptical shape against the backdrop of the building and open sky. "The sculpture looks more architectural to me than the architecture, so what's the difference?"1 The following year, Sugimoto collaborated with American novelist, Jonathan Safran Foer, to publish his Joe photograph series alongside a Foer poem, which describes a protagonist named Joe experiencing circular passages of time—echoing the visual language of both Sugimoto's photographs (see lots 2825 & 2904) and Serra's sculpture.
1 Blum, Andrew. "Art Capturing Art Capturing Art Capturing ..." New York Times 17 Sept. 2006, Art sec., Print.