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Details
Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)
Maschinen 0946
signed, titled, numbered and dated '946 Th. Ruff 2/5 2003' (on the backing board)
C-print face-mounted on Diasec in artist's frame
59 x 76 ¾in. (150 x 195cm.)
Executed in 2003, this work is number two from an edition of five
Maschinen 0946
signed, titled, numbered and dated '946 Th. Ruff 2/5 2003' (on the backing board)
C-print face-mounted on Diasec in artist's frame
59 x 76 ¾in. (150 x 195cm.)
Executed in 2003, this work is number two from an edition of five
Provenance
David Zwirner, New York.
Literature
C. Flosdorff and V. Görner (ed.), Thomas Ruff. Machines/Maschinen, 2003 (another example illustrated in colour, pp. 44-45).
M. Fineman, ‘Big Hot Blurry Painterly Nudes!’ in The New York Times, 18 May 2003 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 29).
M. Fineman, ‘Big Hot Blurry Painterly Nudes!’ in The New York Times, 18 May 2003 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 29).
Exhibited
New York, David Zwirner, Thomas Ruff, New Work, 2003 (another from the edition exhibited).
Hanover, Kestnergesellschaft, Thomas Ruff. Nudes und Maschinen, 2003-2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Thomas Ruff. Neue Arbeiten, 2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Budapest, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Thomas Ruff: A Retrospective, 2008-2009 (another from the edition exhibited).
Prato, Palazzo Buonamici, Biblioteca Comunale Istituto Culturale e di Documentazione Lazzerini and Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Thomas Ruff, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 82; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 34-35). This exhibition later travelled to Montemurlo, Biblioteca Comunale Bartolomeo Della Fonte and Carmignano, Spazio d’Arte Alberto Moretti/Schema Polis.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Thomas Ruff, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 191).
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Der Mensch und seine Objekte. Fotografsche Sammlung, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 192 and p. 235).
Hanover, Kestnergesellschaft, Thomas Ruff. Nudes und Maschinen, 2003-2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Thomas Ruff. Neue Arbeiten, 2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Budapest, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Thomas Ruff: A Retrospective, 2008-2009 (another from the edition exhibited).
Prato, Palazzo Buonamici, Biblioteca Comunale Istituto Culturale e di Documentazione Lazzerini and Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Thomas Ruff, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 82; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 34-35). This exhibition later travelled to Montemurlo, Biblioteca Comunale Bartolomeo Della Fonte and Carmignano, Spazio d’Arte Alberto Moretti/Schema Polis.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Thomas Ruff, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 191).
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Der Mensch und seine Objekte. Fotografsche Sammlung, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 192 and p. 235).
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