Lot Essay
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum will include this painting in their forthcoming Catalogue of the Paintings of Man Ray.
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La tour blanche
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
La tour blanche
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1952' (lower left); signed and dated again and inscribed 'Man Ray 1954 Cadeau Chateau Tour à Ivoire? Tour blanche The White nights will always compensate for the dark days! Chère Sarah' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25½ in. (49.8 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1952
La tour blanche
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1952' (lower left); signed and dated again and inscribed 'Man Ray 1954 Cadeau Chateau Tour à Ivoire? Tour blanche The White nights will always compensate for the dark days! Chère Sarah' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25½ in. (49.8 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Sarah Hunter Kelly, New York (acquired from the artist, 1954); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 13 April 1983, lot 150.
Geoffrey Beene, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23-24 September 2005, lot 66.
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 23 June 2009, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Geoffrey Beene, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23-24 September 2005, lot 66.
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 23 June 2009, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Furstenberg, Exposition de Peintures de Man Ray, 1954, no. 3.