Lot Essay
A certificate from L'Association Internationale des Amis et Défenseurs de l'Oeuvre de Man Ray, La Société Civile Man Ray and Lucien Treillard dated Paris, October 5, accompanies this sculpture.
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Idole du pêcheur
signed and numbered on the base Man Ray E A--bronze with black patina
Height: 16 1/8in. (41.2cm.)
Original cork object executed in 1926; this bronze version from an edition of nine with three artist's proofs edited by Galerie Françoise Tournié, 1973
Idole du pêcheur
signed and numbered on the base Man Ray E A--bronze with black patina
Height: 16 1/8in. (41.2cm.)
Original cork object executed in 1926; this bronze version from an edition of nine with three artist's proofs edited by Galerie Françoise Tournié, 1973
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 155, no. 260 (original cork object illustrated, p. 147)
ed. P. Sers, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 143, no. 37 (original cork object illustrated, p. 48)
N. Baldwin, Man Ray, American Artist, New York, 1988, p. 143
ed. P. Sers, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 143, no. 37 (original cork object illustrated, p. 48)
N. Baldwin, Man Ray, American Artist, New York, 1988, p. 143
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Alexandre Monet, Man Ray, 1973 or 1974, no.