MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Lot 719
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Lot 719 | MAN RAY (1890-1976)
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MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Chess set

signed and dated 'MAN RAY 1947' (on the board); stamped with initial 'R' (on the top of the kings)

anodized aluminum chess pieces and panel board

Board: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)

Pieces height varies from: 1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) to 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.)

(34)Conceived in wood in 1920; this edition executed in 1947





Provenance

Leo W. Farland, New York (acquired from the artist, circa 1955, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 2002, lot 273.

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Literature

A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 217, no. 324 (another set partially illustrated).

J.-M. Huber, B. Hermann and R. Krauss, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 161 (another version illustrated).



Further Details

Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the Objects and Sculptures of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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