ID 1178112
Lot 434 | Man Ray (1890-1976)
Estimate value
€ 12 000 – 18 000
Objet mathématique, 'Surfaces algébriques du IVe degré', 1934-1936
tirage argentique, monté sur support cartonné
cachet du photographe 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grâce - Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' (verso); cachet du photographe 'Photograph by Man Ray' et annoté à l'encre 'Surfaces algébriques du IVe degré' (montage, verso)
image/feuille : 23.4 x 29.4 cm.
montage : 49.8 x 38 cm.
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
stamped photographer's credit 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grâce - Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' (verso); stamped photographer's credit 'Photograph by Man Ray' and annotated in ink 'Surfaces algébriques du IVe degré' (mount, verso)
image/sheet : 9.2⁄8 x 11 5⁄8 in.
mount : 19 5⁄8 x 15 in.
Provenance
Atelier de l’artisteJuliet Man Ray (par succession)
Vente, Sotheby's Londres, Man Ray, Paintings, Objects, Photographs. Property from the Estate of Juliet Man Ray, the Man Ray Trust and the Family of Juliet Man Ray, 23 mars 1995, lot 120.
Collection Marion Meyer, Paris.
Literature
C. Zervos, 'Mathématiques et Art Abstrait', in Cahiers d'art, Paris, 1936, no. 1-2.
A. Schwarz, Man Ray The Rigour of Imagination, Londres, 1977, no. 131, p. 99.
Abstrakte Fotografie, cat. ex., Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, 2000, p. 72.
Man Ray, cat. ex., Museo d'Arte, Lugano, 2011, p. 268.
Exhibited
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Man Ray - l'occhio e il suo doppio, juillet-septembre 1975, ill. 160.
Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection; Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek et Jérusalem, The Israel Museum, Man Ray, Human Equations a journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare, février 2015-janvier 2016, p. 204.
Vienne, Kunstforum, Man Ray, février-juin 2018, p. 135.
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray - Vues de l'esprit, octobre 2018-janvier 2019, p. 31.
Hyères, Musée des Cultures et du Paysage, Man Ray, le beau temps, juillet-novembre 2023, p. 38.
Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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Auction house category: | Photography |
Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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