Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bass Strait, Table Cape

Bass Strait, Table Cape

© Hiroshi Sugimoto

Bass Strait, Table Cape
Bass Strait, Table Cape
ArtistJapanese, born 1948
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Bass Strait, Table Cape
Date1997
PlaceJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 3/4 × 21 3/8 in. (42.5 × 54.4 cm)
 Sheet: 18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in. (47.6 × 60.3 cm)
 Mount: 19 3/4 × 25 in. (50.2 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan and the Louisa Stude Sarofim Charitable Trust, courtesy of Mary Lawrence Porter
Object number98.549
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionBeginning in 1980, Hiroshi Sugimoto traveled to distant corners of the world to photograph an uninterrupted expanse of sea and sky, always from a high vantage point. In every case, he framed the scene with the horizon perfectly bisecting his picture. In 1990 he began photo- graphing such scenes at night, often with moonlit exposures lasting hours. With flawless technique, Sugimoto’s seemingly simple photographs invite close examination and a meditative state of contemplation. “Every time I view the sea,” Sugimoto said, “I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing.”
Provenance[Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Tokyo]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.

Exhibited: "Out of the Ordinary", MFAH, Lower Brown Corridor, December 13, 2004 - March 14, 2005
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Blind stamp, recto, bottom edge below image: Bass Strait Table Cape 1997 2/25 479
Signed in pencil, mount recto, lower right below sheet: Hiroshi Sugimoto

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