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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Selected Abstract Studies (6 Photographs)

Lot closes

October 21, 07:19 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Starting Bid

4,800 USD

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Description

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

Yasuhiro Ishimoto

1921 - 2012


Selected Abstract Studies (6 photographs)

Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamps (on the reverse)

6 gelatin silver prints, each flush-mounted

images to 7½ by 9½ in.

images to 19.1 by 24.1 cm.

Executed circa 1950, printed circa 1953.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Natalie Alford at Natalie.Alford@sothebys.com. 

Gift of the photographer in 1965 to the present owner

Ishimoto Yasuhiro Centennial, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 2020, p. 165, illustrated

Ishimoto: Lines and Bodies, Paris 2024, p. 69, illustrated

Descriptive titles are as follows:

Black and White #3

Crosses in Window

Black and White #7

Cross

Black and White #2

Black and White #4