Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff 1958 Sterne 19h36m/-20°. 1990. Chromogenic print, mounted on plexiglass on the front with the Diasec method. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered on the reverse side of the frame. One of only two copies. Image size: 198.3 x 133 cm (78 x 52.3 in). Frame dimensions: 258,5 x 186,8 cm (101,7 x 73,5 in). In the original artist’s frame. [AW]. • A turning point in the artistic career of this prominent photographic artist: the “Stars” series, created between 1989 and 1992. • For the first time, Ruff does not take the photographs himself but draws on existing imagery. • The series is based on astronomical archive negatives from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the Chilean Andes. • The celestial coordinates in the title specify the exact image section that Ruff crops, enlarges, and conceptually reinterprets. • Works from the “Sterne” series are at, among others, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. PROVENANCE: Ben Brown Fine Arts, London. European private collection (acquired from the above in 2007). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.32 h +/- 20 min.

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