Live Auction 18504The Landscape of a Mind: A Private Collector's Surreal Vision
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Lot 504 THE LANDSCAPE OF A MIND: A PRIVATE COLLECTOR'S SURREAL VISION

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Le toil

Closed20 June 2019

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GBP 70,000

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Le toil
signed, dated and inscribed '11 / 12-40 Man Ray le toil' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.8 cm.)
Executed in 1940

Gérard Bouchetal, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist, circa 1969; sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 3 December 2008, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale.

Specialist note

Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the Catalogue of the Objects and Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation.