Lot 353
  • 353

Thomas Ruff

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ruff
  • 17H 58m/ -25°
  • signed, titled, dated 1990 and numbered 2/2 on the reverse
  • colour photograph
  • image: 201.2 by 133.8cm.; 79 1/4 by 52 5/8 in.
  • overall: 258.5 by 186cm.; 101 3/4 by 73 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1990, this work is number 2 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Pierre Huber Collection, Geneva
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Mathias Winzen, Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present, Cologne 2001, p. 200, illustration of another example

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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