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Lot Essay
The original wood version of the present lot features in the 1926 film of the same title directed by Man Ray.
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Emak Bakia
signed 'Man Ray' (on the base)
bronze with silver patina and synthetic hair
Height: 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.)
Originally conceived in wood in 1926 and cast in an edition of ten in 1970
Emak Bakia
signed 'Man Ray' (on the base)
bronze with silver patina and synthetic hair
Height: 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.)
Originally conceived in wood in 1926 and cast in an edition of ten in 1970
Provenance
Galerie Marconi, Milan.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above in November 1988; sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 451.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above in November 1988; sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 451.
Literature
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no. 30 (another cast illustrated).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, no. 68 (another cast illustrated p. 113).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 254 (original wood version illustrated p. 146).
J.H. Martin, Man Ray, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, no. 38 (original wood version illustrated p. 49).
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, no. 68 (another cast illustrated p. 113).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 254 (original wood version illustrated p. 146).
J.H. Martin, Man Ray, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, no. 38 (original wood version illustrated p. 49).
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Kunsthalle, Meret Oppenheim meets Man Ray, April - June 1997 (illustrated p. 108); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Kunsthal and Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present lot is sold subject to Artist's Resale Rights. This lot should be presented with a lambda symbol in the catalogue.
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