Lot 2
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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO | Casa Batlló, 1998

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

Description

  • Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • Casa Batlló, 1998
  • Image: 58.6 x 47.2 cm (23 x 18 1/2 in.)
  • Frame: 75.5 x 63 cm (29.7 x 24.8 in.)
Silver print, flush-mounted to card. Signed, numbered 3/25 and annotated 934 in pencil on the card. With the photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin. Matted.

Provenance

Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

Literature

Eckhard Schneider, Hiroshi Sugimoto – Architecture of time, Bregenz, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2002, ill. p. 33
Francesco Bonami, Sugimoto – Architecture, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003, ill. p. 32

Condition

This silver print is in very good to excellent condition. Away from the image, the upper left corner is slightly lifting away due to mounting. Upon closer inspection, along the paper edge and away from the image, an extremely light discoloration. The card, lower left corner slightly worn.
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