Lot 48
  • 48

Thomas Ruff

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Thomas Ruff
  • h.t.b. 02
  • signed, titled, dated 1999 and numbered 4/5 on the backing board
  • chromogenic colour print face-mounted to Diasec
  • image: 100 by 133.5 cm. 39 3/8 by 52 1/2 in.
  • framed: 129.5 by 163 cm. 51 by 64 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1999, this work is number 4 from an edition of 5.

Provenance

Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Thomas Ruff: l.m.v.d.r., 2001 (edition no. unknown)
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Essen, Museum Folkwang; Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Artium - Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo; Porto, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves; Liverpool, Tate, Thomas Ruff. Fotografien 1979 bis heute, pp. 51 and 242, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the colour of the sky is slightly brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection in raking light reveals some shallow and unobtrusive surface scratches to the plexiglass in isolated places.
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