~THOMAS RUFF/KIKI & MATTHEW
LOT 213
THOMAS RUFF
Nudes br16, 2004
C-print with Diasec face in artist’s wooden frame. 43-3/8 x 60 1/2 in.
Signed, dated, and numbered of five “Thomas Ruff 2004” on the reverse.
This work is from an edition of five.
ESTIMATE: $70,000-90,000
SOLD FOR: $169,000
in the MAY 16, 2008 – NEW YORK / CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION PART II
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
. . . there is still quite a strong market for the THOMAS RUFF ‘porn’ photos – which are ‘found’ images pulled off the web.
we had a chance encounter with some – a little while back, while strolling about Soho – looking for the next party – just after the RYAN McGINLEY opening at TEAM, APRIL 3, 2008.
it was young artist, MATTHEW STEINBERG – who pointed them out, amongst a rather extensive photography collection, (and very surprisingly – the real goods, no faux here) – that decorated the KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE boutique – a mostly vintage collection of classic, female only, nudes – that might just as well have been ‘wallpaper’ to the assembled party crowd, (mostly sub D-list, if that !!), but, obviously – photography !!, not to mention, lingerie model !! – heaven to the discerning visitor.
KATHERINE BROWN, MATTHEW STEINBERG & IRINA meet up.
we first spot one, in a back room ensemble. this black & white RUFF, being about the only non-female image, in the entire place.
there’s a full color one on the opposite wall.
another look at the vintage black & white collection in the front.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, KIKI de MONTPARNESSE, 79 GREENE ST., SOHO, NY.
APRIL 3, 2008
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IMAGE/COURTESY: PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
. . . . it’s interesting to note that one of these exact THOMAS RUFF (2000) images was up at auction at PHILLIPS de PURY way back in 2005 – when it was estimated to go for between $25,000-35,000 and sold for the final price of: $28,000 !!
LOT 165 – NEW YORK – CONTEMPORARY ART/PART II, NOVEMBER 11, 2005
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
see: the original artlovers post