Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Long Never

Hiroshi Sugimoto The Long Never
Story by Jonathan Safran Foer

 

The Long Never is a unique limited edition book containing sixty-five artworks by Hiroshi Sugimoto and an original text by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book is accompanied by an eleven-by-fourteen-inch gelatin silver print from Sugimoto’s Lightning Fields series. For this limited edition, Sugimoto has printed two artworks in an edition of twenty-five each. Every print is signed by the artist.

 

The book and print are housed in a custom-made brushed aluminum box.


Book:
11 1⁄8 x 14 ¼ inches (28.2 x 36.1 cm)
140 pages
65 black-and-white illustrations,
trimmed and hand-tipped on the pages
Wrapped in silk bookbinding cloth
Numbered from 1 to 50 and signed by the artist


Artwork:
Lightning Fields 289, 2014
Gelatin silver print
Print size: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Matt size: 17 5⁄8 x 20 5⁄8 inches (44.8 x 52.5 cm)
Edition of 25, each signed by the artist


Box:
18 x 21 x 1 7⁄8 inches (45.6 x 53.4 x 4.6 cm)
Custom-made brushed aluminum box with inner tray


Price:
€ 8,800.00 / $11,000.00
Shipping and insurance:
€ 320.00 / $400.00