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Thomas Struth
Lafayette Street at Great Jones Street, New York
- Estimate
- £15,000 - 20,000‡♠
£25,200
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
1978
37.3 x 52 cm (14 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 4/10 in pencil on the verso; signed in pencil, printed title, date and number 4/10 on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the frame.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
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.