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A horizontally oriented chromogenic print is dominated by a black plane peppered with white points of varying intensity. Hazy white clusters punctuate the upper center and top right, creating soft glows against the darkness. The field is interspersed with larger, four-pointed stars, while a minute vertical streak appears just below center. A thin white border frames the dense celestial composition.

Constellations

1990

Thomas Ruff

(German, b. 1958)
publisher

Portfolio II published by Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS

Germany, 20th century
Chromogenic print
Image: 48 x 32.1 cm (18 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Paper: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Anonymous Donor and Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS 1995.204.6
Location: Not on view
  • Anonymous Donor
    December 4, 1995
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 311
  • {{cite web|title=Constellations|url=false|author=Thomas Ruff, Portfolio II published by Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS|year=1990|access-date=08 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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