Hiroshi Sugimoto
Pagoda 409, Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano, 1994

Pagoda 409, Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano, 1994

© Hiroshi Sugimoto

Pagoda 409, Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano, 1994
Pagoda 409, Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano, 1994
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Pagoda 409, Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano, 1994
  • from the series Five Elements
Date2011
MediumOptical glass, black-and-white film, unknown hyper-clear silicone adhesive, cypress wood pedestal, black finished steel base, edition 1/1
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 3 × 3 in. (15.2 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Base: 52 15/16 × 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (134.5 × 35 × 35 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Friends of Asian Art, Chris Urbanczyk, with matching funds from Chevron
Object number2012.262
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Exhibition History“Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 20, 2013–January 12, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscription]
Kiribako box lid: signed in ink: Sugimoto
Base: engraved, right corner: 409

Printed label on the underside of the lid of fitted box:
SUGIMOTO STUDIO 508 WEST 26TH STREET / NEW YOR, NY 10001 / FIVE ELEMENTS 2011 Edition 1/1 / Inlaid Seascape: / Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano 1994 / Negative # 409 / (signature)

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