Live Auction 7914Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)
Lot 42

Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)

Nude bb 36

Closed14 October 2010

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GBP 51,650

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Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)
Nude bb 36
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Thomas Ruff bb36 3/5 2002'
chromogenic colour print mounted with Diasec face in artist's frame
image: 51 3/8 x 35½in. (130.5 x 90.2cm.)
overall: 59½ x 43½in. (151 x 110.5cm.)
Executed in 2002, this work is number three from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs

Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'Our image models are the images in the media. For that reason, my images are not depictions of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image' (T. Ruff, quoted in V. Liebermann, 'Photography as Proving Ground', Thomas Ruff, exh. cat., London, 2001, unpaged).