Artist Monograph

Thomas Ruff, German

German, born 1958

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	12	80%
Drawing	1	6.7%
Lithography	1	6.7%
Screenprint	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	12	80%
Drawings & Prints	3	20%

Production by Decade

2

1980s

5

1990s

7

2000s

1

2010s

Classification Types

Photograph — 12
Print — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	14.3%
Large (1–3 m)	11	78.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	7.1%

Range: 50.0 cm → 306.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1990	1
1998	1
2001	1
2006	1
2011	2
2014	7
2015	1
2019	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Portrait (Bettina Ebert) Photograph Acc. 1051.2015.x1-x2	1984	Chromogenic print. printed 2015	61 × 47" (154.9 × 119.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
Portrait Photograph Acc. 326.1990	1989	Chromogenic print	5' × 3' 11 1/4" (152.4 × 120 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Fellows of Photography Fund
C-Prints (for Parkett no. 28) Print Acc. 117.1998.1-2	1991	Two chromogenic color prints in screenprinted translucent covers	each composition 19 11/16 x 19 11/16" (50 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Nacht 2 I Photograph Acc. 236.2014.x1-x2	1992	Chromogenic print	54 5/8 × 56 15/16" (138.7 × 144.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
Untitled Print Acc. 514.2006.366	(1998-99)	Lithograph, offset printed	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
d.p.b.02 Photograph Acc. 2465.2001.x1-x2	1999	Chromogenic print	Approx 51 3/4 × 76 3/4" (131.4 × 194.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown
h.t.b. 03 Photograph Acc. 237.2014.x1-x2	1999	Chromogenic print	59 × 78 15/16" (149.9 × 200.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
nudes ama12 Photograph Acc. 238.2014.x1-x2	2000	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 53 5/8" (90.2 × 136.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
w.h.s. 07 Photograph Acc. 64.2019	2001	Chromogenic print	70 7/8 × 94" (180 × 238.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Carol and John Finley
nudes bc15 Photograph Acc. 239.2014.x1-x2	2002	Chromogenic print	39 3/8 × 52 1/2" (100 × 133.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
Atlas zum Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik from the series Ex Libris Illustrated Book Acc. 1019.2011.11	2004 (originally published 1861)	Artist's book with C-print bookplate	overall (closed): 22 3/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 13/16" (56.4 x 49 x 4.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of an anonymous donor in honor of Glenn D. Lowry
jpeg msh01 Photograph Acc. 954.2011	2004	Chromogenic print	108 3/4 × 74" (276.2 × 188 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Beth Swofford
jpeg tr01 Photograph Acc. 240.2014.x1-x2	2007	Chromogenic print	92 1/2 × 64 5/8" (235 × 164.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
zycles 7044 Photograph Acc. 241.2014	2008	Inkjet print on canvas	120 1/2 × 92 7/8" (306.1 × 235.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer
phg.06 Photograph Acc. 242.2014.x1-x2	2012	Chromogenic print	92 1/8 × 64 5/8" (234 × 164.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Dr. Mathias Boehringer