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Mr. Knife and Miss Fork (Answers all the wishes of René Crevel)
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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Mr. Knife and Miss Fork (Answers all the wishes of René Crevel)
signed with initials 'MR' (lower right) and numbered '6/9' (lower left)
silver plated knife and fork, wood beads, cotton netting mounted in a cloth covered wooden box
13 3/8 x 9 in. (33.8 x 22.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1944; this work executed in 1973 in an edition of nine plus four artist's proofs.
Mr. Knife and Miss Fork (Answers all the wishes of René Crevel)
signed with initials 'MR' (lower right) and numbered '6/9' (lower left)
silver plated knife and fork, wood beads, cotton netting mounted in a cloth covered wooden box
13 3/8 x 9 in. (33.8 x 22.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1944; this work executed in 1973 in an edition of nine plus four artist's proofs.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1996, lot 259.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Man Ray, Self-Portrait, Boston, 1963 (another example illustrated, pl. 25).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, p. 205, no. 105 (another example illustrated, p. 153).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, pp. 194, 198 and 369, no. 314 (another example illustrated, p. 179).
J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 150, no. 76 (another example illustrated, p. 74).
N. Baldwin, Man Ray: American Artist, New York, 1988, p. 230 (another example illustrated).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, p. 205, no. 105 (another example illustrated, p. 153).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, pp. 194, 198 and 369, no. 314 (another example illustrated, p. 179).
J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 150, no. 76 (another example illustrated, p. 74).
N. Baldwin, Man Ray: American Artist, New York, 1988, p. 230 (another example illustrated).
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