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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Emak Bakia
signed 'Man Ray' (on the base)
bronze with silver patina and synthetic hair
Height: 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.)
Originally conceived in wood in 1926; this version cast in 1970 by Galerie Marconi, Milan, in an edition of ten plus one
Emak Bakia
signed 'Man Ray' (on the base)
bronze with silver patina and synthetic hair
Height: 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.)
Originally conceived in wood in 1926; this version cast in 1970 by Galerie Marconi, Milan, in an edition of ten plus one
Provenance
Galerie Marconi, Milan.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 1988.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 1988.
Literature
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no. 30 (another cast illustrated).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, no. 68 (another cast illustrated).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977 (original object illustrated no. 254).
J.H. Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et Objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, no. 38 (original object illustrated).
Exh. cat., Man Ray, Stuttgart, 1998 (another cast illustrated p. 87).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, no. 68 (another cast illustrated).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977 (original object illustrated no. 254).
J.H. Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et Objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, no. 38 (original object illustrated).
Exh. cat., Man Ray, Stuttgart, 1998 (another cast illustrated p. 87).
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Kunsthalle, Meret Oppenheim meets Man Ray, 1997 (illustrated p. 108); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Kunsthal and Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle.
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