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Pêchage
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Pêchage
signed with initials, titled and numbered 'MR Pêchage 8/9' (on the lower front)
painted wooden construction with cotton, artificial peaches and Plexiglas
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Width: 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.)
Depth: 4½ in. (10.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1969; this version executed in 1972
Pêchage
signed with initials, titled and numbered 'MR Pêchage 8/9' (on the lower front)
painted wooden construction with cotton, artificial peaches and Plexiglas
Height: 13¾ in. (35 cm.)
Width: 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.)
Depth: 4½ in. (10.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1969; this version executed in 1972
Provenance
Galleria Il Fauno, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 369, no. 323 (original object illustrated in color, p. 184).
P. Sers, ed., Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p. 157, no. 170 (1970 variant illustrated in color on the dust jacket).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1989, p. 203, pl. XIX (another example illustrated in color, p. 184; illustration of original object on the front cover).
Janus, Man Ray, Oeuvres 1909-1972, Milan, 1990, no. 83 (another example illustrated in color).
P. Sers, ed., Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p. 157, no. 170 (1970 variant illustrated in color on the dust jacket).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1989, p. 203, pl. XIX (another example illustrated in color, p. 184; illustration of original object on the front cover).
Janus, Man Ray, Oeuvres 1909-1972, Milan, 1990, no. 83 (another example illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Nantenshi Gallery, Man Ray, 1973.