Live Auction 15893Post-War to Present
Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)
Lot 160

Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)

3D-ma.r.s.09

Closed28 June 2018

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GBP 40,000

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Thomas Ruff (b. 1958)
3D-ma.r.s.09
signed, titled, numbered and dated '3D ma.r.s.09 Thomas Ruff 1/3 2013' (on the reverse)
Chromogenic print, in artist's frame (use 3D glasses to view)
image: 92 ¼ x 64 ½in. (234.3 x 164cm.)
sheet: 97 ¼ x 69 ¾in. (247 x 177cm.)
overall: 100 x 72 3/8in. (254 x 184cm.)
Executed in 2013, this work is number one from an edition of three

David Zwirner, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Everybody looking at the pictures tells me “Thomas, you’re interested in painting here.” But no, it’s not about painting. I’m interested in realism. The images are very realistic simply because of the precision of the camera. But at the same time, they’re absolutely fictional. I never worked on landscapes, and suddenly I had landscape images from very far away.’
– Thomas Ruff