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MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
A l’exactitude
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
A l’exactitude
signed and dated 'Man Ray .59' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'à l' "à l'Exactitude" Man Ray 1959' (on the back)
gouache and brush and black ink over pencil on wood mounted on silk-covered board
25 ½ x 6 3⁄8 x 3 ½ in. (64.8 x 16.2 x 9 cm.)
Executed in 1959; unique
A l’exactitude
signed and dated 'Man Ray .59' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'à l' "à l'Exactitude" Man Ray 1959' (on the back)
gouache and brush and black ink over pencil on wood mounted on silk-covered board
25 ½ x 6 3⁄8 x 3 ½ in. (64.8 x 16.2 x 9 cm.)
Executed in 1959; unique
Provenance
Hanover Gallery (Erica Brausen), London (acquired from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, June 1969.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, June 1969.
Literature
J.-H. Martin, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 155, no. 137 (illustrated, p. 112).
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, Man Ray, 1969, no. 17 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Surrealism: An Exhibition Selected and Introduced by Serge Sabarsky and Charles Byron, February-March 1983, no. 105 (illustrated in color).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Surrealism: An Exhibition Selected and Introduced by Serge Sabarsky and Charles Byron, February-March 1983, no. 105 (illustrated in color).
Further details
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00447-O-2024 and that this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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