Lot 397 | Thomas Ruff | "19h 08m/-45°"

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04.12.2025 - ca.15:12 o'clock
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RUFF, THOMAS
1958 Zell a. HBlack Forest

Title: "19h 08m/-45°".
Date: 1990/2025.
Technique: Inkjet mounted beneath acrylic glass.
Depiction Size: 201 x 134cm.
Sheet Size: 260 x 188cm.
Notation: Titled, signed, dated and numbered verso.
Number: 1/2.
Frame: Artist's frame. Not examined out of the frame.

The work is from an edition of two copies (and two artist's copies). It is a new print from 2025, authorised and commissioned by the artist. At the artist's request, the 1990 print was destroyed. For technical reasons, this copy is an inkjet print, whereas the 1990 edition was printed using C-prints.

Provenance:
- Kunsthandel Achenbach, Düsseldorf
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Winzen, Matthias (ed.): Thomas Ruff - Fotografien 1979 - heute, Cologne 2001, cat. rais. no. STE2.04, ill.

- Thomas Ruff - central representative of the Düsseldorf School of Photography and influential innovator of conceptual photography
- View into an infinite, star-studded sky - between documentation and contemplation
- Combines scientific precision with a quiet, meditative visual effect

Contact:
Martina Janke
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221925862306

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Stock Id: 81077-1

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