Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948)

Chiesa Rossa

Details

Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948)
Chiesa Rossa
signed 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' (on a paper label affixed to the backing board)
gelatin silver print
58¾ x 47 in. (149.2 x 119.4 cm.)
Executed in 1998. This work is number three from an edition of five.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and Pasadena, Art Center College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture, February-June 2003, pp. 72-73 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

Chiesa Rossa depicts the interior of Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa, Milan designed by the architect Giovanni Muzio. The interior is illuminated by commissioned flourescent light sculptures by Dan Flavin which were conceived in 1996 and installed in 1997.

Chiesa Rossa

Lot Essay

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