Man Ray
La Fille de la coste
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
La Fille de La Coste
signed with the initials MR and dated 40 (lower right); signed man Ray, titled and dated 1940 (on the verso)
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
25 by 34.5 cm. 9⅞ by 13⅝ in.
Executed in 1940.
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00532-D-2025 and that this work will be included in the Catalogue of Works on Paper of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
Formerly in the collection of Patti Cadby Birch.
Patti Cadby Birch, Los Angeles and New York
Timothy Baum, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1975)
Sotheby's, London, Surrealism: Dreams and Imagery, 4 December 2000, lot 17 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
New York, Di Donna Galleries, Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings, 2019, n.n., p. 95, illustrated in colour; p. 94, listed
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