Hiroshi Sugimoto, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1999. photo Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 58 1/2 x 47 in. (148.6 x 119.4 cm).  Signed “H Sugimoto” on a label adhered to the reverse. This work is from an edition of five. ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Salvador Dalí, 1999. photo Philips de Pury & Co

Gelatin silver print. 58 1/2 x 47 in. (148.6 x 119.4 cm).  Signed “H Sugimoto” on a label adhered to the reverse. This work is from an edition of five. ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE  Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection

LITERATURE  T. Kellein, N. Spector, eds., Sugimoto: Portraits, 2003, p. 39

Philips de Pury & Co. Contemporary Part II. 14 may 2010. www.phillipsdepury.com