MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Lot 614
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ID 751491
Lot 614 | MAN RAY (1890-1976)
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MAN RAY (1890-1976)Songe de la clefsigned and dated 'Man Ray 1942' (lower right) and titled 'Songe de la Clef' (upper left); signed, dated and titled again and inscribed 'Man Ray 1942 "La songe de la clef" (center of painting 40 x 80 inches) (without key)' (on the stretcher)oil on canvas9 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄4 in. (23.2 x 46.3 cm.)Painted in Los Angeles in 1942 Provenance Acquired from the artist by the late owners, by 1965. Literature Man Ray, Self Portrait, Boston, 1988, p. 265 (original version illustrated in situ in the artist’s home). Exhibited Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000, no. 22 (illustrated in color).New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Long Arm of Coincidence: Selections from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, April-May 2009 (illustrated in color).New York, Di Donna, Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings, October-December 2019, p. 118 (illustrated in color, p. 119). Post Lot Text Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the Paintings of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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