Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Hiroshi Sugimoto — Austrian Post Office Savings Bank
Hiroshi Sugimoto

Austrian Post Office Savings Bank

2001

A gelatin silver print by Hiroshi Sugimoto captures the iconic interior of Otto Wagner's Austrian Post Office Savings Bank in a hauntingly luminous black-and-white composition. Sugimoto's long-exposure technique transforms the architectural space into an ethereal vision, emphasizing the building's modernist glass ceiling and sleek metallic forms with his characteristic tonal precision. The image invites contemplation of time, light, and the enduring legacy of early twentieth-century design.

Medium
gelatin silver print

🔨 Auction Lot

New Now

September 19, 2017

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

Collectors with works by Hiroshi Sugimoto

About this work

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Austrian Post Office Savings Bank, 2001

A gelatin silver print by Hiroshi Sugimoto captures the iconic interior of Otto Wagner's Austrian Post Office Savings Bank in a hauntingly luminous black-and-white composition. Sugimoto's long-exposure technique transforms the architectural space into an ethereal vision, emphasizing the building's modernist glass ceiling and sleek metallic forms with his characteristic tonal precision. The image invites contemplation of time, light, and the enduring legacy of early twentieth-century design.

Medium
gelatin silver print
Year
2001
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Interior Space, Contemporary Photographer, 20th Century, Twentieth Century, Minimalist Aesthetic, Minimalist, Male Artist, Architecture Photography, Fine Art Photography, Conceptual Art, Japanese Artist, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Photography, Modernist Architecture, Architectural Photography, Meditative Mood, Master Photographer, Monochrome Photography, Black and White

More works by Hiroshi Sugimoto

Collected by

Alex Capecelatro