Live Auction 23404Man Ray dans la collection Marion Meyer
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Lot 355

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Tristan Tzara, c. 1922-1927

Closed11 April 2024

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EUR 4,032

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray
Tristan Tzara, c. 1922-1927
tirage argentique, monté sur support cartonné
signé au crayon 'Man Ray' et annoté à la craie bleue 'Tristan Tzara' (montage, recto); cachet du photographe 'Man Ray 31bis, rue Campagne Première Paris XIVe' et dédicacé à l'encre 'à Marcel Zerbib en souvenir d'une vieille amitié. Raoul Leven' (montage, verso)
image/feuille : 23 x 17.5 cm.
montage : 31.8 x 24.3 cm.

gelatin silver print, mounted on board
signed in pencil 'Man Ray' and annotated in blue chalk 'Tristan Tzara' (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit 'Man Ray 31bis, rue Campagne Première Paris XIVe' and dedicated in ink 'à Marcel Zerbib en souvenir d'une vieille amitié. Raoul Leven' (mount, verso)
image/sheet : 9 x 6 7/8 in.
mount : 12 ⁴/₈ x 9 5/8 in.

Raoul Leven, Paris.
Collection Marion Meyer, Paris (acquis directement auprès de celui-ci).

Specialist note

The stamp on the verso of this photograph has been identified as M6 in Steven Manford’s book, Behind the photo: the stamps of Man Ray (2009). According to Manford, this is an early lifetime stamp used from 1930 to 1935 (p. 19).