In Praise of Shadows

2003

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Associated Names
Hiroshi Sugimoto

Artist, Japanese, born 1948

The image features a vertical, jagged shape against a dark background, with a bright glow. The central form widens near the center, narrowing at the top and bottom. The blurred edges and gradient tones create an abstract composition, suggesting light bursting through a fissure.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Serpentine Gallery, London); Anthony Podesta, Falls Church, VA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in silver ink: Sugimoto 81/225; in plate, bottom right: 980728 4[S?]; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2004.32.10

Wikidata ID

Q64155154

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