Thomas Ruff (B. 1958)
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Thomas Ruff (B. 1958)

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Details
Thomas Ruff (B. 1958)
nudes leb01
signed, numbered and dated 'Thomas Ruff 4/5 1999' (on the reverse)
chromogenic print mounted on Diasec in wooden artist frame
image: 35 3/8 x 52 ¾in. (90 x 134cm.)
overall: 43 3/8 x 60 ¾in. (110.2 x 154.3cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number four from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne.
Private Collection, Europe.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Winzen (ed.), Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present, Cologne 2001, p. 147, no. NUD004 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 146 and 236).
M. Houellebecq, Thomas Ruff Nudes, New York 2003 (another example from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 39-40).
Special Notice
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