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

Le manche dans la manche

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Le manche dans la manche
signed, inscribed and dated 'Man Ray 1967 ORIGINAL (+9)' (on an adhesive tape affixed to the hammer; printed with the title and artist's name 'MAN RAY LE MANCHE DANS LA MANCHE' on a plastic label affixed to the neck of the bottle)
hammer in a plastic resin bottle
12in. (30.5cm.) high (including base)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 22 and 23 March 1995, lot 36.
Literature
Man Ray, Oggetti d'affezione, Turin 1970, no. 116 (illustrated).
Janus, Man Ray, Milan 1973, no. 24 (illustrated)
C. Benincasa & R. Maria Siena, Man Ray, Les heures heureuses, Rome 1975, p. 66
A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, New York 1977, no. 282 (illustrated p. 152).
J.-H. Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray; Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et Objets, Catalogue Raisonné, Paris 1983, no. 161 (illustrated p. 129).
G. Y. Dryansky, 'Historic Houses: the Man Ray Studio', in Architectural Digest, November 1982, p. 182 (illustrated in colour).
N. Baldwin, Man Ray American Arist, New York 1988, (p. 360 and frontispiece, illustrated in photographs of the artist's studio in the rue Férou).
C. Barnett, 'Man Ray's Juliet', in Art & Antiques, New York, October 1988, pp. 100 and 104 (illustrated in colour).
Exh. cat., Man Ray et ses amis, Tokyo, the Bunkamamura Museum of Art, 1991-1992, no. 29 (illustrated in colour p. 35).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Man Ray, 1971-1972, no. 50 (illustrated p. 71). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray, 1972, no. 142.
Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Man Ray, Inventionen und Interpretationen, 1979-1980, no. 167. This exhibition later travelled to Basel, Kunsthalle.
Paris, Galerie Montaigne, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, 1989.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Executed in 1967, this object is the unique proof copy prior to the edition of nine examples made in 1967 (Marcel Zerbib, Paris). The original object consisting of a hammer inserted in a milk bottle was executed in 1921.

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