PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
Man Ray
La lecture
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Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
La lecture
signed with the artist's initials MR and dated 37 (on the book)
pen and ink on paper
35 x 26 cm; 13¾ x 10¼ in.
Executed in 1937.
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 of Works on Paper of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
Galleria Schwarz, Milan (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Les Dessins de Man Ray, 1937, nn.
London, The London Gallery, Man Ray, 1939, no. 36-95
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Man Ray: 60 anni di libertà, 1971, no. 84, p. 93, illustrated
Ferrara, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Man Ray, 1972, no. 33
Paul Eluard, Les Mains Libres, Man Ray, dessins illustrés par les poèmes de Paul Eluard, Paris, 1937, p. 39, illustrated
Paul Eluard, Les Mains Libres, dessins de Man Ray illustrés par les poèmes de Paul Eluard, Paris, 1947, p. 30, illustrated
Janus, Man Ray, Tutti gli scritti, Milan, 1981, p. 163, illustrated