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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ENRICO PEDRINI, GENOA
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Le merveilleux
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Le merveilleux
signed and dated 'Man Ray 63' (under the trap); with raised lettering 'LE MERVEILLEUX BTES.G.D.D.' (on top of the trap)
mousetrap suspended in a wire-mesh cloche on card
Diameter: 11 3/4 in. (30.5 cm.)
Height : 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Executed in 1963; this work is unique
Le merveilleux
signed and dated 'Man Ray 63' (under the trap); with raised lettering 'LE MERVEILLEUX BTES.G.D.D.' (on top of the trap)
mousetrap suspended in a wire-mesh cloche on card
Diameter: 11 3/4 in. (30.5 cm.)
Height : 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Executed in 1963; this work is unique
Provenance
Vera & Arturo Schwarz collection, Milan, by 1971.
Enrico Pedrini Collection, Genoa, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Enrico Pedrini Collection, Genoa, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
E. Gribaudo (ed.), Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no. 124, p. 31 (illustrated p. 127).
Man Ray & J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, no. 143, p. 155 (illustrated p. 117).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 360, p. 216 (illustrated p. 223).
Man Ray & J.-H. Martin, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, no. 143, p. 155 (illustrated p. 117).
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 360, p. 216 (illustrated p. 223).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Man Ray, September - November 1971, no. 198 (illustrated p. 91); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, January - February 1972 and Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, March - April 1972.
Venice, Palazzo Fortuny, Man Ray, Cent'anni di libertà, 1890-1990, July - August 1990 (illustrated p. 99).
Venice, Palazzo Fortuny, Man Ray, Cent'anni di libertà, 1890-1990, July - August 1990 (illustrated p. 99).
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