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Lot 356
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Thomas Ruff

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ruff
  • Nacht 5 III
  • signed, inscribed 5 III, numbered 1/2 and dated 1992 on the reverse
  • c-print mounted on Plexiglas
  • 190 by 190cm.; 74 3/4 by 74 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1993, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2.

Provenance

Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Thomas Ruff 1979 to the Present, 2002, p. 226, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. When examined under raking light, there are a few faint short rubs and a small number of hairline scratches to the Plexiglas.
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