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Materials:

gelatin silver and chromogenic prints

Size Notes:

49 x 34cm. or 50 x 68cm

Edition:

all from ed. 10

Description:

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Markings:

(i) Friedrich-Engels-Straße, Leverkusen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Friedrich-Engels-Straße 1979 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse)~(ii) Sitzungssaal der Bertha Krupp-Stiftung, Margarethenhöhe, Essen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Sitzungssaal der Bertha Krupp-Stiftung, Margarethenhöhe 1984 Thomas Struth 4/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '4/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(iii) Hoher Weg, Siedlung Margarethenhöhe, Essen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Hoher Weg, Siedlung Margarethenhöhe 1984 Thomas Struth 5/10'; signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(iv) Technologiezentrum, Dortmund~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Technologiezentrum 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(v) Studentenwohnheim, Dortmund~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Studentenwohnheim 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(vi) Drei Knappen, Oberhausen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Drei Knappen 1985 Thomas Struth 4/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '4/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(vii) Lüftungsschacht, Gelsenkirchen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Lüftungsschacht 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(viii) Zeche Prosper III, Bottrop~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Zeche Prosper III 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(ix) Blick auf St. Salvator, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Blick auf St. Salvador 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(x) Werthauser Straße, Duisburg ~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Werthauser Straße 1985 Thomas Struth 6/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '6/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xi) Auf der Hardt, Bottrop~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Auf der Hardt 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xii) Kiespfad, Duisburg ~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Kiespfad 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xiii) Stinnes Stahlhandel, Essen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Stinnes Stahlhandel 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xiv) Kupferhütte, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Kupferhütte 1985 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xv) Ehemalige Stahlwerke, Oberhausen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Ehemalige Stahlwerke 1986 Thomas Struth 5/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '5/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xvi) Massa Markt, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Massa Markt 1986 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xvii) Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xviii) Hubertusstraße, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Hubertusstraße 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xix) Kanzlerstraße, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Kanzlerstraße 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xx) Leipziger Straße, Essen~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Leipziger Straße 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xxi) Hörder Brückenstraße, Dortmund~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Hörder Brückenstraße 1986 Thomas Struth 7/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '7/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xxii) Universitätsstraße, Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Universitätsstraße 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)~(xxiii) Hubertusstraße (with Blast Furnace), Duisburg~signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Hubertusstraße (with Blast Furnace) 1989 Thomas Struth 3/10' (on the reverse); signed and numbered '3/10 Th. Struth' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the mount)

Exhibited:

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Endlich so wie überall, 1987. Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Unbewußte Orte (Unconscious Places), 1987. This exhibition later travelled to Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum; Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art; Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery and Frankfurt, Portikus Franfurt am Main. New York, The Clocktower, The Periphery - Thomas Struth & Andreas Gurksy, 1989. Chicago, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Photographs, 1990. Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Currents, 1991. Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Straßen, 1995. Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Kommando Friedrich Hölderlin, 2007.

Literature:

U. Eskilden and U. Borsdorf, Endlich so wie überall, Bilder und Texte aus dem Ruhrgebiet, exh. cat., Essen, Museum Folkwang, 1978 (illustrated, pp. 63-71). (i) Unbewußte Orte (Unconscious Places), exh. cat., Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1987 (illustrated, p. 41). (xvii) Thomas Struth, exh. cat., Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2002-2003 (another example illustrated, p. 97). (xxi) Unbewußte Orte (Unconscious Places), exh. cat., Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1987 (illustrated, p. 47).

Provenance:

Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels. Acquired from the above by the present owner.