Thomas Ruff

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

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Description

Thomas Ruff
Nudes TR 08
signed, dated 2000 and numbered 3/5 on the reverse
laserchrome print with diasec face
image: 100 by 133cm.; 39 3/8 by 52 3/8 in.
overall: 120 by 153.5cm.; 47 1/4 by 60 3/8 in.
This work is number 3 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Galerie Lucy Jordan, Ostend
Sprüth Magers Lee Gallery, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Essen, Museum Folkwang; Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art; Victoria-Gasteiz, Artium-Centro-Musei Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo; Porto, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves; Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Thomas Ruff: Fotografien 1997-Heute, Cologne 2001, p. 238, no. NUD 035, illustration of another example in colour
Michel Houellebecq, Thomas Ruff Nudes, A Short Story, Munich 2003, p. 110, illustration of another example in colour