Thomas Ruff

German · b. 1958 · Photographer

Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images". (Wikipedia)

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  1. Thomas Ruff, "13h 18m/-60°", C-Print auf Diasec"13h 18m/-60°"Van Ham · €126,438≈ $142,609≈ £90,655Sign up to see
  2. Thomas Ruff, Nudes fe16, 2000, laserchrome print, Diasec mounted, in artist's frameNudes fe16Phillips · £74,500≈ $117,174≈ €104,722Sign up to see
  3. Thomas Ruff, Sterne, 17h 51m /-22°, 1990, Chromogenic print, face-mounted to PlexiglasSterne, 17h 51m /-22°Phillips · $113,400≈ £83,388≈ €98,080Sign up to see

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Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and reimagined images".

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1958, Zell am HarmersbachOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q77558 ↗ULAN 500110115 ↗

In the collections of

TateHessel Museum of ArtInstitut Valencià d'Art ModernMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Dhondt-DhaenensMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of CanadaNational Gallery of VictoriaRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStedelijk Museum AmsterdamStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstStädel MuseumWallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary ArtsWhitney Museum of American ArtZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheArt Institute of Chicago

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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