The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 15, 2025
Pacific Ocean, Oregon
1985, printed 1991
(Japanese, 1948-)
printer
Image: 24 x 30.9 cm (9 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 24 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.)
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2022.343.7
Location: Not on view
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?- ?-2022William S. Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHDecember 5, 2022-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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