Thomas Ruff

200 THOMAS RUFF Nudes PI 08, 2001 chromogenic color print mounted with Diasec Face, in artist’’s wood frame 48 x 66 in. (122 x 167.6 cm.) Signed, numbered and dated "Thomas Ruff, 3/5 2001" on the reverse. This work is number 3 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs. Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 200

THOMAS RUFF (B. 1958) Substrat 11 II signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Substrat 11 II Thomas Ruff 3/3 2003' (on the reverse) chromogenic print face-mounted on Plexiglas 105½ x 73 in. (268 x 185.4 cm.) Executed in 2003. This work is number three from an edition of three. Zwirner & Wirth, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner

33 THOMAS RUFF jpeg vs01, 2004 Digital chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas. Overall 185 x 242 cm (72 7/8 x 95 1/4 in) Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/3 in pencil on the verso and on the reverse of the backing board. One from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof. Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡ ♠ MORE LOT DETAILS Provenance Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich Literature Thomas Ruff: jpegs , New York: Aperture, 2009, n.p. CATALOGUE ESSAY CONTACT SPECIALIST Lou Proud Head of Photographs, London lproud@phillips.com + 44 207 318 4092 CONDITION REPORT SHARE "There are so many interesting photographers, buy why don’’t they think about the structure of photography? They’’re young, they’’re curious, but they’’re not interested. So I had to do this work because no one else would." THOMAS RUFF, 2009

THOMAS RUFF (B. 1958) Nudes Noc 09 signed, numbered and dated 'T Ruff 3/5 2000' (on the reverse) chromogenic print face-mounted to diasec image: 31½ x 47¼in. (80 x 120cm.) sheet: 37¾ x 53½in. (96 x 136cm.) Executed in 2000, this work is number three from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs César Pape, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001. Property from an Important European Trust M. Winzen, Thomas Ruff Fotografien 1979-heute, Cologne 2001, no. NUD 029 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 237). M. Houellebecq, Thomas Ruff Nudes, New York 2003 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 16-17).

LOT 194 IDEAL FORMS: NUDES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION THOMAS RUFF B. 1958 NUDES FT 26 signed, titled, numbered 3/5 and dated 2002 on the reverse laserchrome print mounted with Diasec face in artist's frame image:119.6 by 89.6cm.; 47 by 35 1/4 in. sheet: 134.1 by 104.1cm.; 52 3/4 by 41in.