ID 1178094
Lot 439 | Man Ray (1890-1976)
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
Desert Plant
signé et daté 'MAN RAY 1946' (en bas à droite); signé et inscrit ‘"DESERT PLANT" Man Ray 1245 Vine St Hollywood Calif’ (sur le châssis)
huile sur toile
61 x 50.8 cm.
Peint en 1946
signed and dated ‘MAN RAY 1946’ (lower right); signed and inscribed ‘"DESERT PLANT" Man Ray 1245 Vine St Hollywood Calif’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in.
Painted in 1946
Provenance
Juliet Man Ray (don de l'artiste).
Docteur Chast, Paris (don de celle-ci en 1974).
Collection Marion Meyer, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci vers 1993).
Literature
Enigma & Desire, Man Ray paintings, cat. exp., Di Donna, New York, 2019, p. 23, fig. 31 (illustré).
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, Copley Gallery, Exposition Man Ray, décembre 1948-janvier 1949.
Paris, Galerie Thorigny, Man Ray, mars-avril 1991, no. 94 (illustré).
Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Man Ray la costruzione dei sensi, octobre 1995-janvier 1996, p. 219 (illustré).
León, Instituto Leonés de Cultura, Sala Provincia, Man Ray, octobre-novembre 1996, p. 82 (illustré en couleurs, p. 26).
Santa Monica, Track 16 Gallery et Robert Berman Gallery, Man Ray, Paris-LA, septembre 1996-janvier 1997, p. 104 (illustré en couleurs, p. 105).
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Man Ray, An American Surrealist Vision, novembre-décembre 1997, no. 11.
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. 253, no. 216 (illustré en couleurs, p. 147).
Malaga, Fundación Picasso-Museo Casa Natal, Man Ray, Yo soy un enigma, mai-juillet 2006, p. 90 et 248 (illustré en couleurs, p. 91).
Pontevedra, Centro Social Caixanova, Man Ray, septembre-octobre 2009, p. 13 (illustré en couleurs).
Bogota, Museo de Arte Banco de la República, Man Ray, Colección Marion Meyer, octobre 2010-février 2011, p. 94 (illustré en couleurs).
Andros, Fondation Goulandris, Approaching Surrealism, juillet-septembre 2012, p. 34 (illustré en couleurs, p. 35).
Vienne, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Man Ray, février-juin 2018, p. 233 (illustré en couleurs, p. 134).
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray, Vues de l'esprit, octobre 2018-janvier 2019, p. 42.
Gênes, Palazzo Ducale, Man Ray, Opere 1912-1975, mars-juillet 2023, p. 158 (illustré en couleurs, p. 159).
Further details
Andrew Strauss et Timothy Baum du Man Ray Expertise Committee ont confirmé l’authenticité de cette œuvre sous la référence 00335-P-2024 et que cette œuvre sera incluse dans le Catalogue des Peintures 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 00335-P-2024 and that this work will be included in the Catalogue of Paintings of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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