Portrait (Josef Strau)

© Thomas Ruff / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Portrait (Josef Strau)

Currently not on view

Portrait (Josef Strau),

1991

Thomas Ruff, born 1958, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany; active Düsseldorf
2001-164

Information

Title
Portrait (Josef Strau)
Dates

1991

Maker
Thomas Ruff
Medium

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

image: 24 x 18.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 22.2 cm (11 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, anonymous gift

Object Number
2001-164
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Düsseldorf

Inscription

Numbered, dated, and signed in graphite, verso along lower edge: 27//100 / 1991 / Thomas Ruff

Culture
German
Type
chromogenic color prints, color photographs, photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes
Subject
artists, men, portraits, figures (representations)

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