Sale 9815
London, South Kensington
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1 April 2004
Price realised
GBP 9,560
Estimate
Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) Simi Valley Drive-In, Simi Valley blindstamped with title, number and date 'SIMI VALLEY DRIVE - IN SIMI VALLEY 1993 17/25 713' (along the print lower edge); signed 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' (on the mount) gelatin silver print 18 7/8 x 22¾in. (47.9 x 57.7cm.) Executed in 1993, this work is number seventeen from an edition of twenty-five
Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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