In Praise of Shadows
2003
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 29.85 × 23.81 cm (11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 46 × 28.5 cm (18 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of The Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, Washington DC)
Accession Number
2015.19.4989
Art Historical Context
Hiroshi Sugimoto, a renowned Japanese photographer born in 1948, is celebrated for his meditative explorations of time, light, perception. Created in 2003, *In Praise of Shadows* a lithograph reproduction of of his evocative photographs, measuring 29.85 × 23.81 cm on a larger 46 × 28.5 cm sheet. Now part of the National Gallery of's Corcoran Collectiongifted by The Heather and Tony Pod Collection—this work exemplifies Sugimoto's minimalist style, often associated with conceptual photography and subtle nods to Zen aesthetics. The title draws inspiration from Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's 1933 essay *I...