Lot Essay
Man Ray's interest in this photograph inspired a watercolor later that same year and in 1946 an oil painting considered to be one of the most renowned of his California period.
Details
MAN RAY
End Game
Gelatin silver print. 1942. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed in pencil on the verso. 7 5/8 x 9 7/8in. Framed.
End Game
Gelatin silver print. 1942. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed in pencil on the verso. 7 5/8 x 9 7/8in. Framed.
Provenance
Ex-collection Luciano Anselmino, Man Ray's European representative during the final years of his life.
Literature
Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, p. 103, pl. 157.