Lot Essay
A certificate from L'Association Internationale des Amis et Défenseurs de l'Oeuvre de Man Ray, La Société Civile Man Ray and Lucien Treillard dated Paris, February 15, 1994 acconpanies this sculpture.
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Domesticated-Egg
signed with initials and numbered on the back MR 6/9--wood construction with painted metal rod
Length: 12½in. (31.8cm.)
Original object executed in 1944; this version number six in an edition of nine edited by Galleria Il Fauno, Turin, 1973
Domesticated-Egg
signed with initials and numbered on the back MR 6/9--wood construction with painted metal rod
Length: 12½in. (31.8cm.)
Original object executed in 1944; this version number six in an edition of nine edited by Galleria Il Fauno, Turin, 1973
Literature
ed. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Man Ray, 1971, pp. 81 and 149 (original object illustrated)
ed. F. Fabbri, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, p. 31, no. 76 (original object illustrated)
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, pp. 196-198, no. 311 (original object illustrated, p. 178)
ed. P. Sers, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 151, no. 79 (original object illustrated, p. 75)
R. Penrose, Man Ray, New York, 1989, p. 206, no. 103 (another example illustrated, p. 152)
ed. F. Fabbri, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, p. 31, no. 76 (original object illustrated)
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, pp. 196-198, no. 311 (original object illustrated, p. 178)
ed. P. Sers, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 151, no. 79 (original object illustrated, p. 75)
R. Penrose, Man Ray, New York, 1989, p. 206, no. 103 (another example illustrated, p. 152)