MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Lot 126
20.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 126 | MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
A l’exactitude
signed and dated 'Man Ray .59' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'à l' "à l'Exactitude" Man Ray 1959' (on the back)
gouache and brush and black ink over pencil on wood mounted on silk-covered board
25 ½ x 6 3/8 x 3 ½ in. (64.8 x 16.2 x 9 cm.)
Executed in 1959; unique




Provenance

Hanover Gallery (Erica Brausen), London (acquired from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, June 1969.



Literature

J.-H. Martin, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 155, no. 137 (illustrated, p. 112).



Exhibited

London, Hanover Gallery, Man Ray, 1969, no. 17 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Surrealism: An Exhibition Selected and Introduced by Serge Sabarsky and Charles Byron, February-March 1983, no. 105 (illustrated in color).



Further details

Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00447-O-2024 and that this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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