Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Colors of Shadow C1025, 2006
Photograph · ed. 1/5
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$24,510 ≈ £18,230 ≈ €20,929Sign up free to see price
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United Nations Headquarters
Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, b. 1948) · 1997
$63,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £48,529≈ €57,954
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted”
- Edition
- 1/5
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in ink
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 58 1/4 x 46 3/4 in. (148 x 118.7 cm) Overall 72 x 60 in. (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040224)
- Date
- October 9, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 366
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £38,212 – £53,496) (≈ €45,633 – €63,886)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2024 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Apr 5, 2024 · Phillips
Photographs, lot 242
Bought in / unsold · est. $60,000 – $80,000
As catalogued
Hiroshi Sugimoto, “United Nations Headquarters”, 1997
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted
58 1/4 x 46 3/4 in. (148 x 118.7 cm) Overall 72 x 60 in. (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
Edition 1/5
Oct 9, 2024 · Phillips this result
Photographs, lot 366
Sold $63,500Sign up to see · est. $50,000 – $70,000
As catalogued
Hiroshi Sugimoto, “United Nations Headquarters”, 1997
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted
58 1/4 x 46 3/4 in. (148 x 118.7 cm) Overall 72 x 60 in. (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
Edition 1/5
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 92%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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