Lot 193
  • 193

Thomas Ruff

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Thomas Ruff
  • 19H 36m/ -35°
  • signed, titled, dated 1992 and numbered 1/2 on the backing board
  • c-print, mounted to Diasec
  • 260 by 188 cm. 102 3/8 by 74 in.
  • Executed in 1992, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York 
Christie's, New York, 15 May 2003, Lot 352
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre National de la Photographie, Thomas Ruff, September - November 1997, p. 84, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Matthias Winzen, Ed., Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present, Cologne 2001, p. 198, no. STE4.13, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few small nicks to the frame and some wood separation to the extreme top right corner tip. Inspection in raking light reveals a few superficial scratches and scuffs in isolated places to the Plexiglas of the frame.
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