Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the artist in 1971 and sold: Sotheby's, Paris, July 3, 2008, lot 143)
Private Collection, Canada (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 7, 2012, lot 107)
Acquired at the above sale

Man Ray, mains libres (exhibition catalogue), Galleria Il Fauno, Turin, 1972, illustration of another cast, n.p.
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no. 143, illustration of another cast
Janus, Man Ray, Tutti gli Scritti, Milan, 1981, illustrations of another cast pp. 221, 401, 412-13 & 454
Jean-Hubert Martin, Brigitte Hermann & Rosalind Krauss, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p. 165
Man Ray (exhibition catalogue), The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1991-92, nos. 147-56, illustrations of another cast pp. 90-92

A mottled golden-brown patina. Held on a Lucite base. The work is in excellent condition.
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