Man Ray
Non-Euclidean Object
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
Non-Euclidean Object
inscribed Man Ray, numbered 7 and with two silver hallmarks (on the polyhedral element)
silver polyhedron, rubber tubing, and steel cylinder mounted on a wooden base
height: 48 cm. 18⅞ in.
Conceived in 1932; this example created in 1973 by Richard Binder, Brussels. This work is number 7 from an edition of 9 plus artist’s proofs.
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00537-O-2025 and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the artist)
Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1982, lot 372 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Pierre Colle, Exposition Surréaliste, 1933, no. 62, n.p., another version illustrated (titled Brevet S.G.D.G.)
Man Ray, Oggetti d'affezione, Milan, 1970, no. 28, n.p., another version illustrated
Jean-Hubert Martin, ed., Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 52, another version illustrated; no. 42, p. 144
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