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AN EYE FOR COLOUR: WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Bicycle (Shadow drawing)
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Bicycle (Shadow drawing)
signed 'Man Ray' (lower right)
charcoal, felt-tip marker and pencil on coloured paper
18 ¼ x 24 ¾ in. (46.5 x 63 cm.)
Executed circa 1971
Bicycle (Shadow drawing)
signed 'Man Ray' (lower right)
charcoal, felt-tip marker and pencil on coloured paper
18 ¼ x 24 ¾ in. (46.5 x 63 cm.)
Executed circa 1971
Provenance
Attilio Codognato, Venice.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s; sale, Christie's, Milan, 25 May 2010, lot 94.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s; sale, Christie's, Milan, 25 May 2010, lot 94.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Benincasa, Man Ray: Les heures heureuses, Rome, 1975, p. 185 (illustrated in situ).
Further details
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the Works on Paper of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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