ID 492523
Lot 134 | MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 100 000
Color Chart & Alphabet, 1947
carnet de croquis à spirales avec une couverture composée de bandes adhésives, contenant 13 rayographies originales, 13 dessins à l'encre et au crayon, un feuillet des lettres de l’alphabet et accompagné d’un feuillet manuscrit des lettres de l’alphabet avec diverses annotations
signé 'Man Ray' et titré 'Color Chart' sur la couverture ; signé et titré ‘Alphabet by Man Ray’ sur le feuillet des lettres de l’alphabet
chaque feuillet est annoté au crayon par Man Ray (recto).
La rayographie de la lettre 'B' est signée 'Rayograph Original Man Ray' au crayon, porte le cachet du photographe 'Original' et est annotée au crayon par Lucien Treillard 'Dans la série des alphabets en dessins - collages - rayographs et dans le cadre de ses retouches typographiques - Rayograph 1947 avec boutons et lettres découpés en papier l'alphabet est une création de Man Ray - Anc. coll. Luciano Anselmino - (une des rares images avec le tampon original et l'écriture "original")' (verso). La rayographie de la lettre 'Q' est sans feuillet et séparée des autres rayographies
31 x 23 x 2 cm.
Réalisé et assemblé en 1947, le présent album fait partie de la série Alphabets de l’artiste.
spiral-bound sketchbook with a cover composed of adhesive strips containing 13 original Rayographs, 13 drawings in ink and pencil, a leaf of letters of the alphabet and accompanied by a separate manuscript sheet of letters of the Alphabet with further annotations
signed 'Man Ray' and titled 'Color Chart' on the cover; signed and titled ‘Alphabet by Man Ray’ on the sheet of Alphabet letters
each sheet is annotated in pencil by Man Ray (recto)
The letter ‘B’ rayograph is signed 'Rayograph Original Man Ray' in pencil, with stamped photographer's credit 'Original' and annotated in pencil by Lucien Treillard 'Dans la série des alphabets en dessins - collages - rayographs et dans le cadre de ses retouches typographiques - Rayograph 1947 avec boutons et lettres découpés en papier l'alphabet est une création de Man Ray - Anc. coll. Luciano Anselmino - (une des rares images avec le tampon original et l'écriture "original")' (verso). The letter 'Q' rayograph is without sheet, separate from the others rayographs
12 ¼ x 9 x 0 ¾ in.
Executed and assembled in 1947, the present album is one of the artist’s series of Alphabets.
Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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Artist: | Man Ray (1890 - 1976) |
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