Sale 2050
New York
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13 November 2008
Price realised
USD 32,500
Estimate
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948) Goshen Indiana signed, titled numbered and dated 'Goshen Indiana 1980 Hiroshi Sugimoto 6/25' (on the reverse) gelatin silver print 20 x 24 inches (50.7 x 63.2 cm.) Executed in 1980. This work is number six from an edition of twenty-five.
Provenance
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
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Literature
H. Sugimoto, Theatres, New York, 2000, pp. 78-79 (illustrated).
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