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Series Title: Time Exposed

Sea of Japan, Oki

1987, printed 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

(Japanese, 1948-)
printer

Kytoto Shoin Company

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Culture
Japan
Medium
offset lithograph
Measurements
Image: 23.9 x 30.9 cm (9 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 23.9 x 30.9 cm (9 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Mounted: 35.2 x 46.2 cm (13 7/8 x 18 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2022.343.13
Edition
ed. 500
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

“I was thinking,” said Hiroshi Sugimoto in describing the genesis of his Seascapes series, “what would be the most unchanged scene on the surface of the earth?”

Description

Hiroshi Sugimoto journeys to locations around the world to produce what appears, at first glance, to be essentially the same picture: the horizon falls exactly in the vertical center of the paper, dividing the page into equal segments of sky and water. There are no signs of human presence. Is the passage of time exposed when one has the opportunity, as in this portfolio, to examine 50 of Sugimoto’s Seascapes side by side? Or are time, movement, and difference obscured?

Sea of Japan, Oki

1987, printed 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Kytoto Shoin Company

(Japanese, 1948-)
Japan

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