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Collection Online as of April 3, 2025

Colophon/Edition Page

1991
(Japanese, 1948-)
Japan
offset lithograph
Paper: 35.2 x 46.2 cm (13 7/8 x 18 3/16 in.)
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2022.343.55
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

“I was thinking,” said Hiroshi Sugimoto in describing the genesis of his Seascapes series, “what would be the most unchanged scene on the surface of the earth?”

Description

Hiroshi Sugimoto journeys to locations around the world to produce what appears, at first glance, to be essentially the same picture: the horizon falls exactly in the vertical center of the paper, dividing the page into equal segments of sky and water. There are no signs of human presence. Is the passage of time exposed when one has the opportunity, as in this portfolio, to examine 50 of Sugimoto’s Seascapes side by side? Or are time, movement, and difference obscured?
  • ?-2022
    William S. Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 5, 2022-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Colophon/Edition Page|url=false|author=Hiroshi Sugimoto, Kytoto Shoin Company|year=1991|access-date=03 April 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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