Property from an Important Corporate Collection
Man Ray | Michel Sima
Mathematical object, 'Algebraic Surfaces of the Fourth Degree' (i) and Man Ray with 'All's Well That Ends Well' (ii): Two Works
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November 21, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Bid
11,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Corporate Collection
(i)
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
Mathematical Object, 'Algebraic Surfaces of the Fourth Degree'
the photographer's credit Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de Grâce - Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25 (on the reverse); the photographer's Photograph by Man Ray stamp with annotation in ink (on the reverse of the mount)
gelatin silver print, mounted
9 ¼ by 11 ⅝ in.
23.4 by 29.4 cm.
Executed in 1934-36.
(ii)
Michel Sima
1912 - 1987
Man Ray with 'All's Well That Ends Well'
titled and dated 1948 in ink by Man Ray
gelatin silver print
9 by 9 ⅛ in.
22.9 by 23.2 cm.
Executed circa 1948.
(i)
Juliet Man Ray (acquired by descent from the artist)
Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1995, lot 120 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Marion Meyer, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
Christie's, Paris, 11 April 2024, lot 434 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(ii)
Yann Le Mouel, Paris, 25 October 2006, lot 258
Marion Meyer, Paris
Christie's, Paris, 11 April 2024, lot 435 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(i)
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Man Ray - l'occhio e il suo doppio, 1975, no. 160
Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection; Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Man Ray, Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare, 2015-16, p. 204
Vienna, Kunstforum, Man Ray, 2018, p. 135
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray - Vues de l'esprit, 2018-19, p. 31
Hyères, Musée des cultures et du paysage, Man Ray, le beau temps, 2023, p. 38
(ii)
Vienna, Kunstforum, Man Ray, 2018, p. 137
Paris, Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Man Ray, Paintings and Objects, 2022
Hyères, Musée des cultures et du paysage, Man Ray, le beau temps, 2023, p. 40
(i)
Christian Zervos, 'Mathématiques et art abstrait', Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1936, pls. 1-2, illustrated
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 131, p. 99, illustrated
Exh. Cat, Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Abstrakte Fotografie, 2000, p. 72, illustrated
Exh. Cat, Lugano, Museo d'Arte, Man Ray, 2011, p. 268, illustrated
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