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Todd Hido — 4124-c
Todd Hido

4124-c

2005

A solitary residential structure emerges from a murky, rain-saturated atmosphere in Todd Hido's 4124-c, a large-format archival pigment print from 2005 that exemplifies the artist's singular ability to transform the mundane American suburb into something simultaneously tender and unnerving. Measuring 86.4 by 106.7 centimeters, the work belongs to Hido's celebrated series of nocturnal and overcast suburban scenes, in which isolated houses glow faintly against bruised skies and wet pavement, suggesting lives quietly unfolding just beyond the viewer's reach. The luminous, carefully calibrated color palette, a hallmark of Hido's practice, gives the image an almost cinematic quality, hovering between documentary observation and psychological fiction. Hido, born in Kent, Ohio in 1968 and long based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has built one of the most recognizable bodies of work in contemporary photography. His photographs of American landscapes and housing have earned a place in the permanent collections of the Getty Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among many other distinguished institutions. His writing and thinking on photographic practice are preserved in two Aperture publications, and his archive is held at Pier 24 Photography. Offered here is an artist proof, signed by Hido, which carries particular significance for serious collectors given its position outside the standard edition run. The print is available through the Aperture Foundation Benefit Auction, connecting its acquisition directly to one of photography's most important cultural institutions. Works of this scale, provenance, and condition represent a meaningful opportunity within Hido's market, where institutional validation and broad critical recognition continue to support sustained collector interest.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Todd Hido, 4124-c, 2005

A solitary residential structure emerges from a murky, rain-saturated atmosphere in Todd Hido's 4124-c, a large-format archival pigment print from 2005 that exemplifies the artist's singular ability to transform the mundane American suburb into something simultaneously tender and unnerving. Measuring 86.4 by 106.7 centimeters, the work belongs to Hido's celebrated series of nocturnal and overcast suburban scenes, in which isolated houses glow faintly against bruised skies and wet pavement, suggesting lives quietly unfolding just beyond the viewer's reach. The luminous, carefully calibrated color palette, a hallmark of Hido's practice, gives the image an almost cinematic quality, hovering between documentary observation and psychological fiction. Hido, born in Kent, Ohio in 1968 and long based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has built one of the most recognizable bodies of work in contemporary photography. His photographs of American landscapes and housing have earned a place in the permanent collections of the Getty Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among many other distinguished institutions. His writing and thinking on photographic practice are preserved in two Aperture publications, and his archive is held at Pier 24 Photography. Offered here is an artist proof, signed by Hido, which carries particular significance for serious collectors given its position outside the standard edition run. The print is available through the Aperture Foundation Benefit Auction, connecting its acquisition directly to one of photography's most important cultural institutions. Works of this scale, provenance, and condition represent a meaningful opportunity within Hido's market, where institutional validation and broad critical recognition continue to support sustained collector interest.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Dimensions
overall: 86.4 x 106.7 cm
Year
2005
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Aperture Foundation Benefit Auction

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