{"id":609,"date":"2008-05-20T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T14:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/05\/20\/thomas-ruffkiki-matthew\/"},"modified":"2008-05-20T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T19:16:56","slug":"thomas-ruffkiki-matthew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/05\/20\/thomas-ruffkiki-matthew\/","title":{"rendered":"~THOMAS RUFF\/KIKI & MATTHEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"art
\nLOT 213<\/p>\n

THOMAS RUFF
\nNudes br16<\/em>, 2004
\nC-print with Diasec face in artist’s wooden frame. 43-3\/8 x 60 1\/2 in.
\nSigned, dated, and numbered of five “Thomas Ruff 2004” on the reverse.
\nThis work is from an edition of five.
\nESTIMATE: $70,000-90,000<\/strong>
\nSOLD FOR: $169,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

in the MAY 16, 2008 – NEW YORK \/ CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION PART II
\nPHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY<\/p>\n

. . . there is still quite a strong market for the THOMAS RUFF ‘porn’ photos – which are ‘found’ images pulled off the web.
\nwe had a chance encounter with some – a little while back, while strolling about Soho – looking for the next party – just after the RYAN McGINLEY opening at TEAM, APRIL 3, 2008.
\nit was young artist, MATTHEW STEINBERG – who pointed them out, amongst a rather extensive photography collection, (and very surprisingly – the real goods, no faux here) – that decorated the KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE boutique – a mostly vintage collection of classic, female only, nudes – that might just as well have been ‘wallpaper’ to the assembled party crowd, (mostly sub D-list, if that !!), but, obviously – photography !!, not to mention, lingerie model !! – heaven to the discerning visitor.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew
\nKATHERINE BROWN, MATTHEW STEINBERG & IRINA meet up.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew
\nwe first spot one, in a back room ensemble. this black & white RUFF, being about the only non-female image, in the entire place. <\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew
\nthere’s a full color one on the opposite wall.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew
\nanother look at the vintage black & white collection in the front.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, KIKI de MONTPARNESSE, 79 GREENE ST., SOHO, NY.
\nAPRIL 3, 2008<\/p>\n

P.S.>
\n\"Thomas
\nIMAGE\/COURTESY: PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY <\/p>\n

. . . . it’s interesting to note that one of these exact THOMAS RUFF (2000) images was up at auction at PHILLIPS de PURY way back in 2005 – when it was estimated to go for between $25,000-35,000 and sold for the final price of: $28,000 !!
\nLOT 165 – NEW YORK – CONTEMPORARY ART\/PART II, NOVEMBER 11, 2005
\nPHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
\nsee: the original artlovers post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOT 213 THOMAS RUFF Nudes br16, 2004 C-print with Diasec face in artist’s wooden frame. 43-3\/8 x 60 1\/2 in. Signed, dated, and numbered of five “Thomas Ruff 2004” on the reverse. This work is from an edition of five. ESTIMATE: $70,000-90,000 SOLD FOR: $169,000 in the MAY 16, 2008 – NEW YORK \/ CONTEMPORARY […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}