Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948)
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Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948)

Pope John Paul II

Details
Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948)
Pope John Paul II
signed 'H. Sugimoto' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
gelatin silver print
71¾ x 60in. (182.2 x 152.4cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number three from an edition of five
Provenance
Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.
Literature
T. Bashkoff and N. Spector, Sugimoto Portraits, exh. cat., Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, 2000 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 143).
K. Brougher and D. Elliott, Hiroshi Sugimoto, exh. cat., Tokyo, Mori Art Museum and Washington D.C., Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2006 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 239).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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