Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Interiors (Interieurs) (set of three), 1988
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Portrait (B. Elmpt)
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
€1,190 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Farbphotographie. Chromogener Abzug auf Kodakcolor-Papier,”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 24,2 x 18,3 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 872 Photographie (872-1)
- Date
- May 1, 2005
- Lot
- 288
- Estimate
- €1,000 (≈ $1,296) (≈ £681)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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