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Man Ray
Description
- Man Ray
- THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
- Signed and dated Man Ray 948 (lower left); also titled and inscribed based on Allure de la fonction elliptique P' (U) pour G2=0 et G3=4 on the stretcher
- Oil on canvas
- 24 by 18 1/8 in.
- 61 by 46 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1975
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, Copley Galleries, Man Ray, 1948-49, no. 5
Paris, Galerie Furstenberg, Exposition de peintures de Man Ray, 1954, no. 5
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, An Exhibition, Retrospective and Prospective of the Works of Man Ray, 1959, no. 38
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, Man Ray, 1959, no. 12
Princeton, University Art Museum, Man Ray, Drawings, Watercolors, Rayograms, Chess Sets, Books, Objects, 1963, no. 46
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray, 1966, no. 80
New York, Cordier & Ekstrom, Man Ray, A Selection of Paintings, 1970, illustrated
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Man Ray, 1971-72, no. 37
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray, 1972, no. 34
Rome, Galleria "Il Collezionista d'Arte Contemporanea", Man Ray, opere 1914-1973, 1973, illustrated
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Man Ray, 1975, no. 49
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Man Ray, l'occhio e il suo doppio, dipinti, collages, disegni, invenzioni fotografiche, ogetti d'affezione, libri, cinema, 1975, no. 164
Literature
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, illustrated p. 81
Sarane Alexandrian, Man Ray, Paris & Berlin, 1973, illustrated p. 46
Lara Vinci Masini, Man Ray, Florence, 1974, illustrated p. 34
Roland Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, illustrated p. 156
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray. The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 193, illustrated p. 112
Janus, Man Ray, Œuvres 1909-1972, Milan & Paris, 1990, fig. 52, illustrated