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Lot 122
  • 122

Man Ray

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • Le Mannequin, ca. 1936
  • Silver print. Stamped 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e France Danton 92-25' on the revrse.
  • photograph
  • 13.7 by 9.1 cm, 5 3/8 by 3 ½ in.
Female sitter
Silver gelatin print
4 1/2h x 3 1/2w inches

Estimate: €7,000 - 10,000

Exhibited

Madrid, Paris & Berlin, 2007-10, p. 111
Tokyo, 2010, no. 86

Condition

With two tiny dots of discoloration at the upper edge. Otherwise, this print is in excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

Le Mannequin

Unique guirlande tendue
D’un bord à l’autre de l’enfance
Petit pont de perfection
Premier amour de l’ecolier
Suppression des distances.

Poem by Paul Eluard published in Les Mains libres, Paris, 1937, inspired by Man Ray’s drawing made after this photograph.