Live Auction 11794Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Lot 269 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ENRICO PEDRINI, GENOA

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Le merveilleux

Closed23 June 2016

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GBP 30,000

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Le merveilleux
signed and dated 'Man Ray 63' (under the trap); with raised lettering 'LE MERVEILLEUX BTES.G.D.D.' (on top of the trap)
mousetrap suspended in a wire-mesh cloche on card
Diameter: 11 3/4 in. (30.5 cm.)
Height : 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Executed in 1963; this work is unique

Vera & Arturo Schwarz collection, Milan, by 1971.
Enrico Pedrini Collection, Genoa, and thence by descent to the present owner.