Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Porträt (T. Bernstein), 1988
Photograph · ed. 1/4
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$14,190 ≈ £10,554 ≈ €12,117Sign up free to see price
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Porträt (A. Giese)
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) · 1989
$87,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £61,309≈ €76,889
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Chromogenic print”
- Edition
- 4/4
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 63 1/4 x 47 1/4 in. (160.7 x 120 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040116)
- Date
- April 4, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 47
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $50,000 (≈ £21,020 – £35,034) (≈ €26,362 – €43,937)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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