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Man Ray (1890-1976)

Lot 307
11.04.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1178077
Lot 307 | Man Ray (1890-1976)
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 12 000
Man Ray (1890-1976)

Featherweight ou Poids plume

signé, daté, numéroté et inscrit 'e.a. featherweight poids plume. Man Ray 1965' (à l'avant)

plomb plié peint et trois plumes de pigeon

22.3 x 24.7 x 12.6 cm. (avec les plumes)

Exécuté en 1965 dans une édition de 10 exemplaires plus des épreuves d'artiste, publiée par Marcel Zerbib, Paris; d’après l’objet original de 1960



signed, dated, numbered and inscribed 'e.a. featherweight poids plume Man Ray 1965' 'Man Ray' (on the front)

painted folded lead and three pigeon feathers

8 ¾ x 9 5⁄8 x 5 in. (with the feathers)

Executed in 1965 in an edition of 10 examples plus artist’s proofs, published by Marcel Zerbib, Paris; after the original object of 1960





Provenance

Collection Marion et Marcel Zerbib-Meyer, Paris.



Literature

M. Zerbib, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1968 (une autre épreuve illustrée).

Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, p. 32, no. 125 (une autre version illustrée, fig. 125).

A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 370, no. 351 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 221).

J.-H. Martin, B. Hermann, R. Krauss et Man Ray, Man Ray, Catalogue raisonné, Sculptures et objets, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 154, no. 134 (une autre épreuve illustrée, p. 110).



Exhibited

Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Takamatsu, Takamatsu City Museum of Art; Ibaraki, Tsukuba Museum of Art; Okayama, The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art; Akita, Akita Senshu Museum of Art et Itami, City Museum of Art, Man Ray et ses amis, juillet 1991-février 1992, p. 139, no. 129 (illustré en couleurs, p. 80).

León, Instituto Leonés de Cultura, Sala provincia, Man Ray, octobre-novembre 1996, p. 82 (illustré en couleurs, p. 53).

Fukui, Fine Arts Museum; Okazaki, Mindscape Museum; Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art; Yamanashi, Prefectural Museum of Art et Tokushima, Modern Art Museum, Man Ray, I am an enigma, juin 2004-mars 2005, p. 255, no. 265 (illustré en couleurs, p. 178).

Paris, Passage du Retz, Surexposition, Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, Sexe, Humour et Flamenco, mars-juin 2008, p. 86 (illustré en couleurs, p. 66).



Further details

Andrew Strauss et Timothy Baum du Man Ray Expertise Committee ont confirmé l’authenticité de cette œuvre sous la référence 00417-O-2024 et que l’édition de cette œuvre sera incluse dans le Catalogue des Objets et Sculptures de Man Ray, actuellement en cours de préparation.

Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00417-O-2024 and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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