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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is drawing attention to a publication on Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photography, presenting the catalogue for ‘Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction Photography’ in its art library materials notice. The Japanese-language post identifies the book as a record of an exhibition that brought together about 60 gelatin silver photographs spanning Sugimoto’s career, from his early work to the present.
According to the museum’s announcement, the exhibition catalogue documents a show held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. The notice frames the publication as a library resource rather than an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo itself, and it points readers to the museum’s art library holdings for access to the material.
Sugimoto is one of the best-known figures in contemporary photography, and the catalogue’s emphasis on a broad selection of silver gelatin works suggests a survey of the medium central to his practice. The museum’s description does not elaborate further on the individual works included, but it makes clear that the publication gathers material from across different phases of the artist’s output.
The post appears under a section introducing materials in the museum’s art library, indicating that the institution is using its platform to highlight documentary resources connected to major exhibitions. No additional programme details, exhibition dates, or lending information are given in the notice, and the museum does not describe the catalogue as part of a separate event at its own venue.
The source material identifies the title in Japanese as ‘杉本博司 絶滅写真’ and presents it as the catalogue for an exhibition of approximately 60 photographs. The reference to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo situates the publication within a major museum context, while the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo’s notice focuses on the catalogue as a research and reference item in its library collection.
