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Thomas Ruff
Sterne (Stars)
- Estimate
- £8,000 - 12,000♠
£10,000
Lot Details
The complete set of eight grano-lithographs, on Ikonorex paper, with full margins.
1990
seven I. 67.6 x 45 cm (26 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
one I. 67.6 x 43.3 cm (26 5/8 x 17 in.)
all S. 89.5 x 65 cm (35 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
one I. 67.6 x 43.3 cm (26 5/8 x 17 in.)
all S. 89.5 x 65 cm (35 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
All signed and annotated 'ARCHIVE COPY' in pencil on the reverse (the edition was 40 and 8 artist's proofs), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York, all framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
"The photographs of Thomas Ruff deal with the nature of photography itself, with classic genres of interior, portrait, architecture and nude photography and - consistent with his interest in the medium itself - the artist has been experimenting with different photographic technologies: shooting with a starlight system (Night photographs), taking stereoscopic pictures (3D Photographs), and using astronomical telescope shots (Stars). Ruff's work reflects the conditions of perception, the peculiarities of the photographic medium and the implicit political dimension of its use."
- Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, p. 300
- Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, p. 300
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