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L'Astrolabe
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
L'Astrolabe
signed, titled and numbered 'Man Ray ASTROLABE _ IT'S a small World (Hang at eye level _ look through glass) 4/10' (on the back)
brass, copper, painted steel and magnifying glass
Height (including base): 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.)
Length: 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this version assembled by 1966
L'Astrolabe
signed, titled and numbered 'Man Ray ASTROLABE _ IT'S a small World (Hang at eye level _ look through glass) 4/10' (on the back)
brass, copper, painted steel and magnifying glass
Height (including base): 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.)
Length: 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this version assembled by 1966
Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York (by 1966).
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 370, no. 345 (original version illustrated, p. 220).
J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 154, no. 125 (original version illustrated, p. 100).
J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 154, no. 125 (original version illustrated, p. 100).
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray, October-December 1966, p. 64, no. 167 (illustrated, p. 137).