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Photograph · ed. 2/4
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$47,730 ≈ £35,500 ≈ €40,757Sign up free to see price
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Porträt (Bettina Ebert)
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) · 1984
£18,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ $30,221≈ €22,121
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Chromogenic colour print, in the artist’s wooden frame”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 206.5 x 65.5 cm (81 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010713)
- Date
- October 17, 2013
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 205
- Estimate
- £15,000 – £20,000 (≈ $24,177 – $32,236) (≈ €17,697 – €23,595)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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