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Lot 387
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Thomas Ruff

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ruff
  • Nacht 9 I
  • signed, titled, dated 1992 and numbered 1/2 on the reverse
  • c-print
  • image: 138 by 144cm.; 56 3/4 by 54 3/8 in.
  • sheet: 182.9 by 182.9cm.; 72 by 72in.
  • This work is number 1 from an edition of 2.

Provenance

Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm
Private Collection
Sale: Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, Contemporary Art Part II, 15 May 2001, Lot 163
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Uta Riemschneider and Burkhard Grosenick, Eds., Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Cologne 1999, pp. 436-37, no. 3, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals a very small number of pinhead-sized and unobtrusive media accretions in a few isolated places.
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