Provenance
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Literature
M. Houellebecq, Thomas Ruff Nudes, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003, p. 116 (another from the edition illustrated)
M. Winzen (ed.), Thomas Ruff 1979 to the Present, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2001, p. 238 (another from the edition illustrated)

185

Thomas Ruff

Nudes fe16

2000
laserchrome print, Diasec mounted, in artist's frame
sheet 151.5 x 106 cm (59 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
framed 155.5 x 110.4 cm (61 1/4 x 43 1/2 in.)
Signed, numbered and dated 'Thomas Ruff 1/5 2000' on the reverse and again on the backboard. This work is number 1 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ♠

Sold for £74,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 30 June 2015 2pm

101
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
102
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,500
103
Jonas Wood
Untitled (Blue Pot)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £68,500
104
Tony Lewis
F told o
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
105
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
106
Rashid Johnson
New Lines
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
107
Ibrahim Mahama
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
108
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £21,250
109
Grear Patterson
Kissing On A First Date
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
110
Jonas Wood
DJ
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £50,000
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
R.H. Quaytman
Chapter 12 iamb (Checkers)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
Sold for £50,000
113
Tauba Auerbach
Ready or Not or Ready and Not
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
Sold for £25,000
114
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,500
115
Tauba Auerbach
Alive
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
Sold for £27,500
116
Justin Adian
Triangle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
117
R.H. Quaytman
Exhibition Guide, Chapter 15 (DvS6)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £18,750
118
David Ostrowski
F (dann lieber nein)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
119
Rob Pruitt
White Pandas
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
120
Rob Pruitt
Paris Hilton
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
121
Rob Pruitt
Black Bamboo
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
122
Joana Vasconcelos
Tarantula
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £25,000
123
Banksy
Love is in the Air (AKA Flower Thrower)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £134,500
124
Nigel Cooke
In Da Club - Me Time
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £98,500
125
Olafur Eliasson
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £104,500
126
Eva Rothschild
Soldier of Fortune
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
127
Sterling Ruby
Monument Stalagmite / Icolagnia
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 †
Sold for £80,500
128
Gavin Turk
Pile
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £104,500
129
Damien Hirst
Lost Skull and Spine 2
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
130
Gary Hume
Four Subtle Doors
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £80,500
131
Tracey Emin
I Loved You More Than I Can Love
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 Ω♠
Sold for £86,500
132
Marc Quinn
Bahia Mangroves Brazil
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £104,500
133
Damien Hirst
M122/105 from Biopsy Series 2
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
134
Damien Hirst
Beautiful, beautiful, charity childrens, spin painting (with butterflies)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £290,500
135
This lot is no longer available.
136
Liam Gillick
Relinquished Production
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
137
Gilbert & George
Toy Wine
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £86,500
138
Antony Gormley
MEME CXXXII
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £92,500
139
Gilbert & George
Food from The Believing World Series
Estimate £65,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
140
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato Soup)
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000
141
Mel Ramos
The Pause that Refreshes
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £60,000
142
Julian Schnabel
Tati Painting (Matra Nudem)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £92,500
143
Nam June Paik
Life is Drama
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £80,500
144
Keith Haring
Subway Drawing
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £86,500
145
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
146
Richard Phillips
Lois Wahl
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
147
Mel Ramos
Fatᾰ
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
148
Yves Klein
La Victoire de Samothrace, (S 9)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £170,500
149
Victor Vasarely
Gest-Fond
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
150
Martin Kippenberger
Aufblasbarer Minimüllcontainer
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
151
Joseph Beuys
Show Your Wound
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
152
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
153
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Mondrian)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
154
Martin Kippenberger
Körper II
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
155
Thilo Heinzmann
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
156
Imi Knoebel
Kinderstern
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
157
Imi Knoebel
Under the Moon of Love
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
158
Franz West
Nacktstuhl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
159
Gerhard Richter
Abstractes Bild, 1990, CR 724-4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
160
Franz West
Onkel Stuhl
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
161
Johannes Kahrs
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
162
Johannes Kahrs
Eifersucht (Jealousy)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
163
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £47,500
164
André Butzer
Untitled (F.S.-Kinder)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
165
Markus Oehlen
Sohn von Zwielicht
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
166
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
167
Franz Ackermann
Transall delivering a piece of my hometown
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £32,500
168
Dirk Skreber
Untitled (Black Abstract)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £12,500
169
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
170
Salvatore Emblema
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
171
Mimmo Paladino
Caduto a Ragione (Fall for a Reason)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
172
Farhad Moshiri
Johnny 3D
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 †
173
Ai Weiwei
Dress with Flowers (No.5)
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
174
Ai Weiwei
Hanger
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
175
Yayoi Kusama
Lemon Squash
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
176
Tomás Saraceno
Flying Garden/Air-Port-City/12SW
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £13,750
177
Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
178
Emilio Perez
Blow The Horn One More Time
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,750
179
Tatiana Trouvé
Prise N°G
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
180
Ida Ekblad
Loops
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £21,250
181
Ugo Rondinone
MOONRISE, north. May
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £32,500
182
Thomas Houseago
Yet to be Titled (Teardrop Mask)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
183
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £28,750
184
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #306
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £21,250
185
Thomas Ruff
Nudes fe16
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
186
Vik Muniz
After Gerhard Richter (from Pictures of Colour)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
187
Lalla Essaydi
Les Femmes du Maroc #35
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,625
188
Wim Delvoye
Love Letter Dear Caroline
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
189
Carol Bove
Seeds
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
190
Danh Vo
Untitled (Christmas)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
191
Elad Lassry
Dog
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
192
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue - Screen I)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £86,500
193
Kyle Thurman
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,625
194
Chris Succo
PRETTY GIRLS ALWAYS HAVE FRIENDS #2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
195
Lucien Smith
(Untitled) Camo Painting
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
196
Eddie Peake
Shemale VIII
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
197
Nick Darmstaedter
Muff
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
198
Oscar Tuazon
Two works: (i) I Can't See (Papercrete Edition 18); (ii) I Can't See (Papercrete Edition 16)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
199
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
200
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
201
Leo Gabin
Choke Hold Stack
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
202
Michael Manning
Two Works: (i) Breakdown, 2014; (ii) Undertow, 2014
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
203
Parker Ito
Inkjet Painting #49 (8 color ink)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £18,750
204
Petra Cortright
Partition Ghost
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
205
Michael Staniak
IMG-023
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
206
Jonas Wood
B-Ball 14
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
207
This lot is no longer available.
208
Daniel Turner
Untitled 5150
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
209
Kaari Upson
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
210
Mark Flood
News Corp. 6
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
211
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Tube ©2005 FEDEX 139752 REV 10/05 SSCC, International Priority, Los Angeles-Colchester trk#794429615973, February 15-17, 2011’
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
212
Ayan Farah
Raada
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
213
Parker Ito
Untitled #20
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
214
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Square, begin at one corner until complete)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
215No Reserve
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (L C Garden Painting No. 8)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •†♠
Sold for £3,750
216
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
217
Lucien Smith
Reality Bites 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
218
Kika Karadi
Untitled (OPM No. 10)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
219
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
220
Eddie Martinez
Blockhead Blues
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £18,125
221
Jules de Balincourt
Third Eyed Optimists
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
222
Magnus Plessen
Garten 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
223
Elliott Hundley
O Dika
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
224
Ryan Trecartin
Abraham with the Long Arm
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
225
Matthew Monahan
Lesser Known Son
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
226
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Feeding the Anthrapologist
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
227
Wangechi Mutu
Untitled (Leopard Woman Reclining)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
228
Chantal Joffe
Snowy Car
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £43,750
229
Katherine Bernhardt
Two works: (i) Silver Swimsuit, Kate Moss, 2006; (ii) My Adidas, LL Cool J., 2006
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
230
Yayoi Kusama
Butterfly
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
231
Elizabeth Peyton
Craig
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
232
Raymond Pettibon
Four works: (i) I Didn't Kill Her..., 1984; (ii) Is It Asking Too Much?, 1987; (iii) Holy Bible, To Which The Diarist Adds, 1991; (iv) A Little Friendly Fire To Share With The Folks Back Home, 1991
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
233
Kenny Scharf
Yellogro
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £11,250
234
Andy Warhol
Gun
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £32,500
235
Andy Warhol
Self Portrait
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £32,500
236
Michaël Borremans
Among Horsemen
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
237
Bernar Venet
Straight Bars / Obliques
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
238
Jan Fabre
Chapter XIV
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £76,900
239
Ugo Rondinone
28. Mai: 2008
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
240
Andro Wekua
Taras Schewcenko
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
241
Valentin Carron
Gefoltert
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £17,500
242
Rafal Bujnowski
Six works (i) Eriksson 1; (ii) Eriksson 2; (iii) Eriksson 3; (iv) Philips; (v) Panosonic; (vi) Nokia 1
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
243
Dave Muller
Blopp (Baby I’m A Mess)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
244
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Bluish Grey
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,125
245
This lot is no longer available.
246
Johan Creten
Perle Noire XII - with the Promise of Rest
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
247
Harland Miller
Blackpool - 101 Nights in a Cubit Zirconia
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £42,500
248
Wim Delvoye
For 5 shovels
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
249
Jason Martin
Freestyle
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
250
Arman
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
251
Rosson Crow
Cash from Chaos at CBGB
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
252
Ashley Bickerton
Snake Head Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
253
Evan Penny
No One – In Particular #7 from Series 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
254
Richard Dupont
Two works: (i) One (# 2), 2005; (ii) One (# 3), 2005
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
255
Sante D'Orazio
Pam Anderson, Pink Raincoat #1, Hollywood
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
256
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
257
Ling Jian
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £20,000
258
Ned Vena
Untitled (Triptych)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
259
Aaron Young
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
260
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
261
Koen Vanmechelen
Cosmopolitan Fossil
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £68,500
262
Marc Quinn
Yellow Chrome Hallucination
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
263
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £74,500
264
Stanley Casselman
IR-40-16
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £134,500

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 30 June 2015 2pm

Provenance

Literature

185

Thomas Ruff

Nudes fe16

Contemporary Art Day Sale