Provenance
Private Collection, Cologne
Christie's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, 10 February 2005, lot 221
Literature
Hatje Cantz, Thomas Ruff: Editions 1988-2014: Catalogue Raisonné, pl. 53
Winzen, Thomas Ruff 1979 to the Present, p. 192

208

Thomas Ruff

Haus No. 9 II

1991
Chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.
52 1/2 x 79 in. (133.4 x 200.7 cm)
Overall 75 3/4 x 100 in. (192.4 x 254 cm)
Twice signed, dated, numbered 2/4 and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000

Sold for $18,750

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Photographs

New York Auction 4 April 2019

59
Adam Fuss
From the series 'My Ghost'
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
60
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (two sisters with their arms around each other)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
61
Sally Mann
The New Mothers
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $62,500
62
Carrie Mae Weems
#3156 from American Icons
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
63
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Mkpuk Eba and Coiling Penny Penny
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
64
Carrie Mae Weems
High Yella Girl from Colored People
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,000
65
Adam Fuss
From the series 'My Ghost'
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
66
Adam Fuss
For Allegra from the series 'My Ghost'
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
67
Sally Mann
Untitled from Deep South
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,500
68
Sally Mann
Untitled from Deep South
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
69
Ori Gersht
Wildflowers from Flowers
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
70
Chris McCaw
Instant #1
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
71
Ori Gersht
Time After Time: Blow Up 09
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
72
Irving Penn
Columbine/Aquilegia vulgaris: William Guiness, New York
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
73
Irving Penn
Three Asaro Mud Men, New Guinea
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
74
Peter Beard
Tsavo East (early '60's), (as Brör Blixen knew it in the '20's + '30's), West of Daka Dima/ near the Tiva for The End of the Game/ Last Word from Paradise
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $187,500
75
Peter Beard
Uganda
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
76
Peter Beard
Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, near hunting block 33/ Ithumber Hill on the Athi-Tiva dry river, February
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
77
Irving Penn
Gerbera Daisy/Gerbera jamesonii "Husky," New York
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
78
Irving Penn
Cottage Tulip: Sorbet, New York
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
79
Lynn Davis
Iceberg #24, Disko Bay Greenland
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,000
80
Robert Mapplethorpe
Skull + Crossbones
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,500
81
Robert Mapplethorpe
Calla Lily
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,000
82
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
83
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,625
84
Irving Penn
Kate Moss (Hand on Neck), New York, April 25
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
85
Helmut Newton
Sie Kommen, Paris (Dressed and Naked)
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,820,000
86
Joel Brodsky
Jim Morrison, The Doors, The American Poet, New York City
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $12,500
87
Mark Morrisroe
Reclining Nude; Laura Brown
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
88
Annie Leibovitz
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York, December 8
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $16,250
89
Mona Kuhn
George
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
90
Robert Mapplethorpe
Apartment Windows
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
91
Nan Goldin
Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,250
92
Peter Hujar
Two Queens in a Car, Halloween
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,875
93
Robert Mapplethorpe
Ajitto
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
94
Dave Heath
Jennine/Pommy Vega, NYC
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
95
Ray K. Metzker
Untitled (Chicago)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,750
96
Irving Penn
Cigarette 47, New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
97
Daidō Moriyama
Brigitte Bardot Poster, Aoyama
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
98
Daidō Moriyama
How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
99
Daidō Moriyama
Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
100
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Saint Benedict Chapel
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
101
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,250
102
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Seascape in Fog
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
103
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
104
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Blot Out The Sun #6
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
105
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Blot Out The Sun #2
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
106
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mediterranean Sea, La Ciotat
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
107
Harry Callahan
Aix-en-Provence, France
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
108
Harry Callahan
Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
109
Robert Adams
Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
110
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Tucson, Arizona
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,250
111
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Southern California
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
112
Robert Adams
Tract home and abandoned shopping cart. Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
113
Lewis Baltz
Uniontown, PA.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
114
Garry Winogrand
Women are Beautiful
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
115
Richard Misrach
Bomber #2, Phoenix, Arizona
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
116
Richard Misrach
Stonehenge #1
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $26,250
117
Garry Winogrand
Apollo 11 Moon Shot, Cape Kennedy, Florida
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,250
118
Garry Winogrand
New York City
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
119
Stephen Shore
2nd St., Ashland, Wisconsin, July 9, 1973
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $23,750
120
William Eggleston
Untitled (rural gas station with pump)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
121
Stephen Shore
Horseshoe Bend Motel, Lovell, Wyoming, 1973
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
122
William Eggleston
Morals of Vision
Estimate $65,000 - 75,000
123
Joel Sternfeld
Near Lake Powell, Arizona, August
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
124
Alec Soth
The Farm, Angola State Prison, Angola, LA
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
125
Robert Polidori
Gas Station, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
126
Richard Misrach
The Santa Fe
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
127
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Metropolitan State, Los Angeles
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
128
Diane Arbus
Clouds on Screen at a Drive-In Movie, N.J.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
129
Diane Arbus
Young Couple in Washington Square Park, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
130
Diane Arbus
Couple arguing, Coney Island, N.Y.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
131
Diane Arbus
Two Ladies Walking In Central Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $25,000
132
Diane Arbus
Child in a beret, N.Y.C.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
133
Lee Friedlander
Kansas City, Missouri
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
134
Lee Friedlander
Texas
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
135
Ezra Stoller
Miami Parking Garage, Robert Law Weed and Associates, Miami, FL
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
136
Charles Moore
Dogs used by Birmingham, Ala. Cops to quell Negro Race Riots
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $62,500
137
Frederick Sommer
Young Explorer
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $12,500
138
Paul Strand
Couple, South Uist
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,625
139
Robert Frank
Political Rally, Chicago
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $137,500
140
Robert Frank
Hoover Dam
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
141
Robert Frank
US 285, New Mexico
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $187,500
142
Harry Callahan
Cape Cod
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
143
Harry Callahan
Eleanor in the Attic, 1948 and Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
144
Ernst Haas
Beach reflection, USA
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
145
Joel Meyerowitz
Bay/Sky/Porch
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
146
Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Port Huron
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,000
147
Harry Callahan
Untitled, Eleanor
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
148
Edward Weston
Nude
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
149
Harry Callahan
Cape Cod
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
150
Berenice Abbott
New York Portfolio IV
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
151
W. Eugene Smith
Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales, Great Britain
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
152
Dorothea Lange
Bad Trouble Over the Weekend from Last Ditch Series
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
153
Walker Evans
James Agee, Oldfield, Aug.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
154
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $118,750
155
Ansel Adams
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,375
156
Ansel Adams
Still Life, San Francisco
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
157
Ansel Adams
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $23,750
158
Ansel Adams
Moon and Clouds, Northern California
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
159
Edward Weston
Mount Lassen National Park
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
160
Alfred Stieglitz
Grasses
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
161
Josef Sudek
Untitled (forest)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
162
Josef Sudek
Untitled (landscape with trees)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
163
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
164
André Kertész
Shadows of the Eiffel Tower
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,375
165
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Near Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
166
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
167
Laure Albin-Guillot
Untitled (nude study)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
168
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
La Buena Fama Durmiendo (The Good Reputation Sleeping)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
169
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,250
170
Horst P. Horst
Lisa on Silk I, N.Y.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
171
Erwin Blumenfeld
Amsterdam
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
172
Man Ray
Florence Meyer Homolka
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,250
173
Man Ray
Pablo Picasso
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
174
Richard Avedon
Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11, 1979
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
175
Constantin Brancusi
Self-Portrait in His Studio
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
176
Gordon Parks
Alberto Giacometti, Paris, France
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
177
Arnold Newman
Igor Stravinsky
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,750
178
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alésia, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
179
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from I Pretini
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
180
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Graffiti (Les deux coeurs), Paris
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,375
181
Charles Sheeler
Chartres, South Side from Street
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
182
André Kertész
Meudon, France
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,625
183
André Kertész
Chez Mondrian
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,125
184
August Sander
Konditor (Pastry Chef), Cologne
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
185
Luis González Palma
La Dolorosa
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
186
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Dos Pares de Piernas (Two Pairs of Legs)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
187
August Sander
Mädchen im Kirmeswagen (Girl in Fairground Caravan)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
188
August Sander
Revolutionäre (Revolutionaries)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
189
Pierre Dubreuil
Gardiens fidèles
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $47,500
190
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
Brooklyn Bridge
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
191
Emil Otto Hoppé
Germany Brunner Mond Chemical Workers, October
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $10,625
192
Margaret Bourke-White
The World's Largest Dam – Dnieperstroi
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
193
Walker Evans
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
194
Edward Steichen
6th Ave. and 40th St.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
195
Horace Bristol
PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
196
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
197
Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
198
Berenice Abbott
Newsstand, 32nd Street and 3rd Avenue
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
199
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images (rural child labor)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
200
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images (urban child labor)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
201
Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,000
202
Lewis Wickes Hine
One of the little spinners working in a South Carolina Cotton Mill
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
203
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura NYC Looking South
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
204
Vera Lutter
Small Logo, Pepsi Cola: August 8
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,375
205
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Water Towers
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $162,500
206
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Cooling Tower, Steelplant, Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
207
Candida Höfer
Bibliothek der Kunsthalle Basel I
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
208
Thomas Ruff
Haus No. 9 II
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
209
Wolfgang Tillmans
Rem Koolhaas
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
210
Rineke Dijkstra
Tiergarten Berlin, August 13
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
211
Richard Learoyd
Tatiana on Mirror
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
212
Anne Collier
Questions (Connection)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
213
Anne Collier
Despair
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
214
Sharon Core
Various Cakes
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
215
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Bud Man) from Twilight
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
216
David Levinthal
Untitled from The Wild West
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,250
217
Andres Serrano
Blood Cross
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
218
Vik Muniz
A Bar at the Folies Bergère, after Edouard Manet, from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
219
Ahmet Ertuğ
Trinity College Library, The Long Room, Dublin
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $43,750
220
Matthew Brandt
La Brea B1 from La Brea
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
221
Robert Polidori
Steinway Piano Factory, Astoria Queens, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
222
Vik Muniz
Burning Standard, after Ed Ruscha from Pictures of Cars
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
223
Abelardo Morell
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of the Brooklyn Bridge
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
224
Susan Derges
Passage
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
225
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
226
Annie Leibovitz
Kate Moss
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $35,000
227
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #10
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
228
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot, Spain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875
229
Mary McCartney
Kate In Boots
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
230
Mario Testino
Kate Moss
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
231
Chuck Close
Kate Moss
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
232
Gavin Bond
Backstage: Volume III
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
233
Mario Sorrenti
Kate Moss
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
234
Sarah Moon
Pour Alexander McQueen
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
235
Massimo Vitali
Venezia Coriandoli #2959
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,000
236
Vik Muniz
Townscape Madrid, after Gerhardt Richter from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
237
Ahmet Ertuğ
Strahov Monastery Library, Theological Hall, Prague
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
238
Elger Esser
397 Wimereux
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
239
Nan Goldin
Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreau Island
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,750
240
Massimo Vitali
Rosignano 3 Women
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
241
William Wegman
Cocktails
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
242
William Wegman
About face
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,375
243
Ruud van Empel
Mood #4
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
244
Robert ParkeHarrison
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
245
Sebastião Salgado
The Eastern Part of the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $47,500
246
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg between the Paulet Island and the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
247
Nick Brandt
Elephant Mother and Two Babies, Serengeti
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,500
248
Sebastião Salgado
Mountain Zebras, Hoanib River Valley, Damaraland, Namibia
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
249
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
250
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #18, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
251
Nadav Kander
Chongqing II, Chongqing Municipality from Yangtze, The Long River
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,000
252
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
253
Sebastião Salgado
Serra Pelada, Gold Mine, Brazil (Cast of Thousands)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375

Photographs

New York Auction 4 April 2019

Provenance

Literature

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Thomas Ruff

Haus No. 9 II

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