Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray (1890-1976)

Phare de la harpe

Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Phare de la harpe
inscribed with signature, title and date underneath Man Ray, Phare de la Harpe, 1967
chrome-plated flat iron
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
The original edition of fifteen executed in 1967. This piece is part of a larger edition executed at a later date. The words Harpe and Phare are anagrams of each other.
Literature
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, p.218, no. 337 (another version illustrated)
Jean-Hubert Martin, Rosalind Krauss & Brigitte Hermann, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et Objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p. 156, no. 165 (another version illustrated)

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