Live Auction 17878The Face of the Century: Photographs from a Private Collection
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Lot 131

MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Mathematical Object, 1934–1935

Closed2 April 2019

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USD 27,500

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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 1/2 in. (23.3 x 29.3 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 plaster model depicted here represents a complex variable function and was an inspiration for the painting Julius Caesar. The form has been interpreted as Caesar’s headless torso (Man Ray Human Equations, p. 16).