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Chess set
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Chess set
inscribed, signed and dated 'The King Set No. 4 Series III Man Ray 1946' (on the bottom of the blond King piece)
wood
32 chess pieces ranging in height from 3¾ to 2 in. (9.5 to 5 cm.)
Conceived in 1946; this set executed during the artist's lifetime
Chess set
inscribed, signed and dated 'The King Set No. 4 Series III Man Ray 1946' (on the bottom of the blond King piece)
wood
32 chess pieces ranging in height from 3¾ to 2 in. (9.5 to 5 cm.)
Conceived in 1946; this set executed during the artist's lifetime
Provenance
Artie Shaw, Los Angeles (acquired from the artist); estate sale, Los Angeles, 2004.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, 1977, New York, p. 217, no. 326 (another version illustrated).