Mechanical Form, Material Testing Machine 0046, 2005

Hiroshi Sugimoto   Master Artists

Gelatin silver print, matted with 8-ply museum board, in aluminium box, with a deluxe bound copy of the book Sheet size 40,00 x 30,00 cm Image size 24,50 x 19,00 cm Signed and numbered Edition of 25 + 5 AP

THE ALUMINIUM BOX
A precision-made, square-format presentation slipcase in matte anodized aluminium (silver-grey). It comes in two parts: a shallow lid (Photo 1) and a deep tray (Photo 2 & 4). The interior holds both the framed print and the book, side by side. Affixed to the interior of the lid is the white certificate card.

THE CERTIFICATE CARD (inside the box)

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
Mechanical Form 0348, 2005 — Material Testing Machine
Silver gelatin print
Signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 25 with 4 artist's proofs
5 / 25
"This special edition of the book Hiroshi Sugimoto is bound in silk cloth and signed by the artist. Published by Hatje Cantz."

THE PHOTOGRAPH
Silver gelatin print of a 19th-century Material Testing Machine, a mechanical teaching tool from the University of Tokyo's collection. Mounted with a white embossed mat, in a white frame, and wrapped in clear protective plastic. Part of the Conceptual Forms series (2004–2005), in which Sugimoto photographed scientific models inspired by Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass.

THE BOOK
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Conceptual Forms, published by Hatje Cantz (Germany). This special edition is bound in pale blue-grey watered silk (moiré fabric) with the artist's name embossed on the cover and a rectangular closure strap. The book features all 44 photographs from the series — divided between Mathematical Forms (plaster stereometric models) and Mechanical Forms (industrial teaching machines) — along with essays. This copy is hand-signed by Sugimoto.