Live Auction 17878The Face of the Century: Photographs from a Private Collection
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Lot 127

MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Mathematical Object, 1934–1935

Closed2 April 2019

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USD 20,000

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MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Mathematical Object, 1934–1935
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
stamped 'MAN RAY - 8 RUE/DU VAL-DE-GRACE/PARIS 5e - FRANCE/DANTON 92 - 25' [Manford M9] and credited, numbered '36.1591 G' in pencil (verso); stamped 'PHOTOGRAPH BY MAN RAY' [Manford M22] (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing)
image/sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (30 x 23 3/10 cm.)
mount: 18 x 12 1/2 in. (46 x 32 cm.)

The Collection of Juliet Man Ray;
Robert Miller Gallery, New York;
Galerie Montaigne, Paris;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present photograph depicts a geometric inversion of a three-dimensional sphere. As with Lot 128, the present lot is mounted on black board and exhibited in the 1936 Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New York. The prints in this exhibition were loaned directly from the artist.