Man Ray (1890-1976)
Lot 374

Man Ray (1890-1976)

La mode au Congo (Adrienne Fidelin), 1937

Closed11 April 2024

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray
La mode au Congo (Adrienne Fidelin), 1937
tirage argentique
cachet du photographe 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' et annoté au crayon 'La mode au Congo, 1937' (verso)
image/feuille : 23 x 16 cm.

gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's credit 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' and annotated in pencil 'La mode au Congo, 1937' (verso)
image/sheet : 9 x 6 ²/₈ in.

Collection Marion Meyer, Paris.

Specialist note

The stamp on the verso of this photograph has been identified as M9 in Steven Manford’s book, Behind the photo: the stamps of Man Ray (2009). According to Manford, this is a lifetime Val de Grâce stamp used from 1935 to 1937 (p. 21).