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Man Ray (1890-1976)

Lot 415
11.04.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 415 | Man Ray (1890-1976)
Estimate value
€ 150 000 – 250 000
Man Ray (1890-1976)

La Quadrature

monogrammé et daté 'MR 1938’ (en bas à gauche)

huile sur panneau

30 x 40.2 cm.

Peint en 1938



signed with the monogram and dated 'MR 1938' (lower left)

oil on panel

11 7⁄8 x 15 ¾ in.

Painted in 1938





Provenance

Atelier de l’artiste.

Juliet Man Ray (par succession); sa vente, Sotheby's, Londres, 23 mars 1995, lot 119.

Collection Marion Meyer, Paris (acquis au cours de cette vente).

Jean-Claude Binoche, Paris.

Collection particulière; vente, Sotheby's, Paris, 7 décembre 2016, lot 19.

Collection Marion Meyer, Paris (acquis au cours de cette vente).



Literature

Man Ray, Self Portrait, Boston et Londres, 1963, p. 336 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

Man Ray, Autoportrait, Paris, 1964, p. 304 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

Man Ray, Vlastní Portrét, Prague, 1968, p. 248 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

Man Ray, L'occhio e il suo doppio, dipinti, collages, disegni, invenzioni fotografiche, ogetti d'affezione, libri, cinema, cat. exp., Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1975, p. 75 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

R. Penrose, Man Ray, Londres, 1975, p. 148, fig. 99 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

Janus, Man Ray, Tutti gli scritti, Milan, 1981, p. 22 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

J.-H. Martin, B. Hermann, R. Krauss et Man Ray, Man Ray, Catalogue raisonné, Sculptures et objets, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 179 (illustré in situ dans l'atelier de l'artiste à Hollywood en 1948).

K. Shinoyama, 'Special Report, Man Ray's Atelier', in Art Vivant, No. 15, 1985.



Exhibited

Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Takamatsu, City Museum of Art; Ibaraki, Tsukuba Museum of Art; Okayama, Prefectural Museum of Art; Akita, Senshu Museum of Art et Itami, City Museum of Art, Man Ray et ses amis, juillet 1991-février 1992, p. 138, no. 98 (illustré en couleurs, p. 68).

Malaga, Fundación Picasso-Museo Casa Natal, Man Ray, Yo soy un enigma, mai-juillet 2006, p. 80 et 248 (illustré en couleurs, p. 81).

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket et Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Man Ray, Human Equations, A journey from mathematics to Shakespeare, février 2015-janvier 2016, p. 230 (illustré, p. 189, fig. 176).

Vienne, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Man Ray, février-juin 2018, p. 232 (illustré en couleurs, p. 133).

Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray, Vues de l'esprit, octobre 2018-janvier 2019, p. 42.

Paris, Galerie Cahiers d'art, Man Ray, Peintures et objects, avril-juillet 2022, no. 45.



Further details

Andrew Strauss et Timothy Baum du Man Ray Expertise Committee ont confirmé l’authenticité de cette œuvre sous la référence 00336-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 00336-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)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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