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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Details
Hiroshi Sugimoto (B. 1948)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
signed in Japanese 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
gelatin silver print laid on board, in artist's frame
image: 58 ½ x 46 7/8in. (148.7 x 119.2cm.)
overall: 71 ¾ x 60 1/8in. (182.3 x 152.4cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number four from an edition of five
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
signed in Japanese 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
gelatin silver print laid on board, in artist's frame
image: 58 ½ x 46 7/8in. (148.7 x 119.2cm.)
overall: 71 ¾ x 60 1/8in. (182.3 x 152.4cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number four from an edition of five
Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.
Literature
Hiroshi Sugimoto, exh. cat., Washington, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, 2005 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p.235).
Exhibited
Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, Sugimoto Portraits, 2000 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 131).
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