MAN RAY GOLD 'LES BOUCLES' PENDANT EARRINGS
MAN RAY GOLD 'LES BOUCLES' PENDANT EARRINGS
MAN RAY GOLD 'LES BOUCLES' PENDANT EARRINGS
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MAN RAY GOLD 'LES BOUCLES' PENDANT EARRINGS

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MAN RAY GOLD 'LES BOUCLES' PENDANT EARRINGS
18k yellow gold, circa 1973, signed Man Ray, maker's mark (Gem Montebello), numbered

Size/Dimensions: 8.2 cm (3 ¼ in)
Gross Weight: 20.1 grams
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 5 May 2010, Sale 2313, Lot 428

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Lot Essay

Man Ray, an American prominent surrealist artist, collaborated with the Italian firm Gem Montebello to produce jewelry in the 1960’s. Each design produced was executed in editions of twelve, as inscribed on Lot 62. A highly-respected photographer, Man Ray incorporated his jewelry creations and socialites into shoots with celebrities including Catherine Deneuve, who wore his spiraling 'Pendantif-Pendant', a larger version of these ‘Les Boucles’ earrings, in a 1966 shoot. The form of these earrings evokes Man Ray's earlier works Lampshade (Abat-Jour) from 1919 and Lampshade, années from 1940-1950.

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