Live Auction 23404Man Ray dans la collection Marion Meyer
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Lot 447

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Sans titre (Rayographie), 1959

Closed11 April 2024

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EUR 40,320

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray
Sans titre (Rayographie), 1959
rayographie originale
signé et daté au crayon 'Man Ray 59' (image); cachet du photographe à l'encre rouge 'Original' (verso)
image/feuille : 29.4 x 23.8 cm.
Cette œuvre est unique.

original rayograph
signed and dated in pencil 'Man Ray 59' (image); stamped photographer's credit in red ink 'Original' (verso)
image/sheet : 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.
This work is unique.

Vente, Millon & Robert, Photographies XIXe et XXe siècles, 4 juin 1999, lot 211.
Collection Marion Meyer, Paris.

Specialist note

The stamp on the verso of this photograph has been identified as M27 in Steven Manford’s book, Behind the photo: the stamps of Man Ray (2009). According to Manford, this stamp is “the primary ORIGINAL stamp fabricated in the early thirties […] (it) is found on select photographs and Rayographs” (pp. 29-30).