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Thomas Ruff: career timeline

German · b. 1958 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 292 of 343 lots (85% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Thomas Ruff: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s22$25.8kSign upPhotograph
1980s3834$10.2kSign upPhotograph
1990s7864$19.5kSign upPhotograph
2000s157137$17.6kSign upPhotograph
2010s1615$10.7kSign upPhotograph

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1970s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$25.8kSign up
Average
$25.8kSign up
Typical size
11 × 8 in (28 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
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1980s 38 works

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34 of 38
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$16.9kSign up
Typical size
13 × 17.5 in (33 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (38)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (10)
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…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 78 works

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64 of 78
Median
$19.5kSign up
Average
$30.4kSign up
Typical size
55 × 47.5 in (140 × 120 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (66), Print (other) (6), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 157 works

Sold
137 of 157
Median
$17.6kSign up
Average
$24kSign up
Typical size
40 × 35.5 in (102 × 90 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (133), Print (other) (14), Other (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 133 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 16 works

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15 of 16
Median
$10.7kSign up
Average
$23.3kSign up
Typical size
45.5 × 35.5 in (116 × 90 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (15), Other (1)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2010s)

Creation date not recorded

51 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 19 works

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19 of 19
Median
$2.7kSign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (14), Lithograph (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 26 works

Sold
26 of 26
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$9.2kSign up
Typical size
10 × 7.5 in (25 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (24), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold
5 of 6
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$10.3kSign up
Typical size
17 × 12.5 in (43 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Photograph (3)
Subjects
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Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Thomas Ruff auction results →