Thomas Ruff
Substrat 12 II

Substrat 12 II

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Substrat 12 II
Substrat 12 II
ArtistGerman, born 1958
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Substrat 12 II
Date2003
PlaceGermany
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 63 1/4 × 108 in. (160.7 × 274.3 cm)
Sheet (sight): 71 × 116 in. (180.3 × 294.6 cm)
Frame: 73 × 117 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (185.4 × 299.4 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2008.539
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionMore engaged with the reinterpretation of existing imagery than in
creating camera images of his own, Thomas Ruff has long pushed the boundaries
of photography. Each picture in his Substrat series began with a popular
Japanese anime or manga image grabbed off the Internet. Manipulated beyond
recognition, its forms altered and colors height­ened, the final abstract image
was ultimately printed with photographic materials at the scale of contemporary
painting, blurring the traditional boundaries of media.

ProvenanceCarol Goldberg, Inc. New York; purchased by Jereann and Robert Chaney, June 12, 2003 ($50,000.)
Exhibition History"Red Hot - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, July 7 - October 21, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso mount: "(signature) / 3/3 2003" "sub 12 II"
Signed in ink on verso mount: "Thomas Ruff"

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