Live Auction 17878The Face of the Century: Photographs from a Private Collection
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Lot 129

MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Mathematical Object, 1934–1935

Closed2 April 2019

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USD 47,500

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MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Mathematical Object, 1934–1935
gelatin silver print
stamped 'MAN RAY - 8 RUE/DU VAL-DE-GRACE/PARIS 5e - FRANCE/DANTON 92 - 25' [Manford M9] (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (23 x 29.7 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 image depicts the theory of elliptic functions, and their resulting curvature has been interpreted as figurative in nature. This form inspired the painting Macbeth.