| | | |  | | | Lot 205
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
47 x 58 ¾ in. (119.2 x 148.5 cm)
€200,000–300,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto | | | Hiroshi Sugimoto Photographs : The Fossilization of Time | | | | | | Auction: Thursday 8 November 2018, 6pm
Viewing:
Sat 3 Nov | Mon 5 Nov | Tue 6 Nov | Wed 7 Nov : 10am – 6pm
Thu 8 November, 10am – 12pm
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| | |  | | | | | | | | | | As part of Paris Photo, Christie's France will organize three events around photography. The department will present for the first time, on November 8, a monographic sale dedicated to the Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. This sale, part of this 160th anniversary celebrating the diplomatic and artistic relations between Japan and France, will also coincide with Sugimoto's current exhibition at the Château de Versailles, from 16 October 2018 to 17 February 2019.
In addition, a general sale turned this year towards contemporary photography and composed of 104 lots will be offered on the same day. The public will also have the opportunity to discover a fashion photography exhibition featuring nearly fifty photographs by F.C. Gundlach as well as works from his personal collection.
The sale dedicated to Hiroshi Sugimoto is a retrospective of his work, bringing together twenty-nine photographs with a global estimate of €1.5 to 2 million, representing the different themes he explored.
Sugimoto never ceases to identify the origins of art by drawing inspiration from existential themes such as the passing of time or the history of humanity. Sugimoto works by series in order to materialize his thought, to get as close as possible to the elusive, as time and light. One of the highlights of the sale, Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, estimated at €200,000-300,000, is part of the artist's most famous series "Seascapes" which he began in the 1980’s. To capture these sea landscapes, Sugimoto travels to remote places, meditating for hours until he reaches a perfect skyline | 
Lot 206
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
Five elements: Bass Strait, Table Cape, 2011
Sculpture, optical quality glass, black and white film
6 x 3 x 3 in. (15.2 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm.)
€45,000–65,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto |
| | | | This meditation about time passing through the immensity of the sea is also reflected in his series of sculptures Five Elements. Inspired by the pagoda, their shapes refer to the Buddhist doctrine of the Five Universes: a square (the earth), a globe (water), a pyramid (fire), a half globe (air) and the tear from the top (emptiness). In the hollow of each object is also integrated a photograph of the Seascape series. A shot of this series, Five elements, Bass Strait, Table Cape, will be offered for sale, for an estimate of €45,000-65,000. | | | | | |  | | | Lot 207
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
Bust of Venus, November 26, 1840, 2007
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
36 ⅞ x 29 ½ in. (93 x 75 cm.)
€30,000–40,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto | | | | | | | As a multifaced artist, Hiroshi Sugimoto is also an architect. He was indeed interested in the works created by his predecessors to reveal the masterpieces of modern architecture in a new perspective. The sharpness of the images becomes blurry going back to the past and getting as close as possible to the initial project, its shadow on the blank paper, here, Brooklyn Bridge, 2001, estimated at €120,000- 180,000. A photo of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (2000) will also be offered for €12,000-18,000. | | | | | |  | | | Lot 209
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
Brooklyn Bridge, 2001
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
58 ¾ x 47 in. (148.5 x 119.2 cm.)
€120,000–180,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto | | | | | | Always looking back to the past, Sugimoto had a great admiration for William Henri Fox Talbot's works which he has been collecting for several years. One of his series brings back Talbot’s paper negatives to life, copying and enlarging them to the point where the grain of the calotype becomes visible. Transforming the negative into a positive in a ten times larger format, in addition to hand-colored it, gives life to some of Talbot’s prints he never reproduced, such as Bust of Venus, November 26, 1840, 2007, estimated at €30,000-40,000.
One print of his other famous series, "Lightning fields", Lightning Fields #128, executed in 2009, will be offered at auction at €50,000-70,000. In order to make these prints, Sugimoto uses a camera inspired by the 19th century, a traditional photographic device which uses a generator to capture the flashing lights that he transposes onto his film. | | | | | |  | | | Lot 212
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
Church of the Light, 1997
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
58 ¾ x 47 in. (148.5 x 119.2 cm.)
€100,000–150,000
© Hiroshi Sugimoto | | | | | | Sale "Photographies": Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 3pm.
Sale "Hiroshi Sugimoto Photographs: The Fossilization of Time": Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 6pm.
Exhibition "Hommage à F.C. Gundlach, Photographe et Collectionneur": From Saturday, November 3 to Thursday, November 8 (closed on Sunday)
Exhibitions: Saturday November 3rd from 10am to 6pm, Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th November from 10am to 6pm and Thursday 8th November from 10am to 12pm.
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