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MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Lot 128

MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Mathematical Object, 1934–1936

Fermé2 April 2019

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MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Mathematical Object, 1934–1936
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 O' in pencil (verso); stamped 'PHOTOGRAPH BY MAN RAY' [Manford M22] and titled in unknown hand in ink (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (23.2 x 30 cm.)
mount: 20 x 15 1/8 in. (50.8 x 38.4 cm.)

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

Note du spécialiste

The present image depicts sections of two Villarceau circles, a mathematical proof from 1891. This form is the result of dividing two three-dimensional circles at an angle. In his painting, titled Measure for Measure, Man Ray created the illusion of the form’s negative space, above and below (Man Ray Human Equations, p. 201).

As with Lot 127, the present lot is mounted on black board and was exhibited in the 1936 Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New York. Both lot 127 and this print were loaned directly from the artist.