Lot Essay
To be included in the catalogue of the paintings of Man Ray being prepared by Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum.
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The Artificial Florist
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
The Artificial Florist
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1943' (lower right); signed, titled and dated '"Artificial Florist" Man Ray 1943' (on the stretcher)
oil and collage on canvas in the artist's frame
painting: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
the artist's box-frame: 25 5/8 x 21 x 3 in. (12.7 x 17 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1943
The Artificial Florist
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1943' (lower right); signed, titled and dated '"Artificial Florist" Man Ray 1943' (on the stretcher)
oil and collage on canvas in the artist's frame
painting: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
the artist's box-frame: 25 5/8 x 21 x 3 in. (12.7 x 17 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1943
Provenance
William N. Copley, New York, by whom acquired from the artist; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 May 1979, lot 293.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
View, series III, no. 3, New York, 1943 (illustrated p. 77).
J.-H. Martin, B. Hermann & R. Krauss, Objets de mon affection, Man Ray, Sculptures et Objets, Paris, 1983, no. 72 (illustrated p. 89).
J. Baron, Anthologie plastique du Surréalisme, Paris, 1980 (illustrated p. 177).
J.-H. Martin, B. Hermann & R. Krauss, Objets de mon affection, Man Ray, Sculptures et Objets, Paris, 1983, no. 72 (illustrated p. 89).
J. Baron, Anthologie plastique du Surréalisme, Paris, 1980 (illustrated p. 177).
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, June - September 1999, no. 170 (illustrated vol. 1, p. 233).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium