Thomas Ruff (German, b.1958)

LOT ID: 78417

Porträt 1989 (I. Graw), 2012

Chromogenic Print (C-print)

11.8 х 8.6 in. (29.97 x 21.84 cm.)

Signed, dated, and numbered on verso

Edition of 150

Lot description

Photographer Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) is internationally acclaimed for his explorations of photography in serial works, portraits, and, most recently, digital images. Ruff was born in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany, and studied photography at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art with Bernd and Hilla Becher. He first received critical attention for his series “Interiors,” in which he photographed domestic spaces in West Germany, later followed by spare, somber portraits of friends that drew from the aesthetics of 1970s police photographs. Ruff began creating large-scale works in color in the 1980s, photographing building facades and printing them for display at monumental sizes. Ruff is well known for his experiments with altered and appropriated imagery in his work, which borrow material from newspapers, textbooks, pornography, public architecture, Japanese manga (comics), found images on the internet, and even his own previously photographed works. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, documenta IX, and the Tate Liverpool, among many other venues. Ruff currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Selected Museum Collections:
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, England

Literature and Catalogue Raisonné
Literature and Catalogue Raisonné
Condition Report
Condition Report
No condition report has been added for this lot. Please contact the specialist for further information.
History and Provenance
History and Provenance
Shipping Information
Shipping Information
Shipping Carrier:
FedEx, UPS, DHL, Pick-up

Shipping Weight: 2 kgs

Framing: No

Item Location: Germany

Shipping Options:
Artwork will ship when payment clears. Packing, shipping, and insurance costs are the responsibility of the buyer.
Payment and Return Policies
Payment and Return Policies
Accepted:
Wire Transfer, PayPal

Sales Tax: no

Seller's Return Policy:
All sales are final.

artnet Assurance Policy:
Every artnet Auctions seller has been approved by artnet after a thorough review. All of our sellers are required to accept the following artnet policy: A buyer may return an item purchased through artnet Online Auctions, if the item received is not as described in its listing, or is found to be not authentic.
Please see our full Return Policy for details.

Purchase Now

You are purchasing this lot for US$1,000.*

Click Continue to place your order.

*The purchase now price excludes taxes (if applicable) and a 20% buyer's premium on all lots under US$250,000 and a 10% buyer's premium on all lots with a winning bid or purchase now price of US$250,000 or above.

Purchase Now

Congratulations, you have purchased a lot on artnet Auctions!

Proceed to Items Won >

SmartBid

CONFIRMATION

The artnet SmartBid Service will automatically bid on your behalf up to US$.

artnet SmartBid will immediately meet the reserve price if your maximum bid is over the reserve. If the lot does not have a reserve price, it will immediately bid to the next increment level.

artnet SmartBid will then raise your bid up to your maximum bid by increment. But it will never raise your bid above the reserve price unless other bidders placed competitive bids on the lot.

Click Bid Now to place your bid.

SmartBid

Enter your maximum bid below. It must be US$ or higher:

Maximum bid: US$

*The maximum bid excludes taxes (if applicable) and a 20% buyer's premium on all lots with a winning bid under US$250,000 and a 10% buyer's premium on all lots with a winning bid or purchase now price of US$250,000 or above.

How does bidding work?