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)
€960 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,272≈ £814
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Chromogenic print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 24 x 18 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 970 Photography (970-1)
- Date
- December 3, 2010
- Lot
- 886
- Estimate
- €1,000 – €1,500 (≈ $1,325 – $1,987) (≈ £848 – £1,272)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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