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Thomas Struth
Grazing Incidence Spectrometer, Max Planck IPP, Garching, Germany
- Estimate
- $25,000 - 35,000
$31,250
Lot Details
Chromogenic print.
2010
42 7/8 x 54 1/8 in. (108.9 x 137.5 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 3/10 on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
“The viewer realizes at once that what they have been given to see goes far beyond their power to take it in, no matter how long or with what effort of scrutiny they give themselves over to the image.” Michael Fried, 'Thomas Struth's Technology, Photographs'
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Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth is a German photographer best known for his large-scale, classically composed photos of museum, cityscapes, and family portraits. Struth is a prominent member of the Düsseldorf School of Photography, the group of artists who studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the mid-1970s under influential photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. Struth’s highly centralized, balanced photos incorporate cutting-edge photographic techniques and the tenets of classical composition to develop the documentarian aims of the Bechers.
Struth’s work has been widely celebrated by the international art community. He represented Germany at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 and has been the subject of major retrospectives including those at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Haus der Kunst, Munich. He lives and works in Berlin and New York.
Browse ArtistStruth’s work has been widely celebrated by the international art community. He represented Germany at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 and has been the subject of major retrospectives including those at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Haus der Kunst, Munich. He lives and works in Berlin and New York.