Person to Person – Préavis

Details

Man Ray (1890-1976)
Person to Person – Préavis
shoe-trees, wood and metal chain assemblage, 1962/ 1973, initialled and numbered 1/9 in black ink (there were also some artist’s proofs), published by Luciano Anselmino, Milan, 1973, generally in good condition
455 x 530 x 120 mm. (overall)

Provenance

Enrico Pedrini Collection, Genoa; then by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Man Ray, Jean-Hubert Martin, Rosalind Krauss, Man Ray - Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 113 and 147 (ill.), no. 140 (the original of 1962 illustrated; the catalogue raisonné by Rosalind Krauss included in this volume does not record the 1973 edition).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

Man Ray first created this sculptural object in 1962, before Luciano Anselmino commissioned the tiny edition of nine multiples in 1973. The original of 1962 is is a private Belgian collection (Collection S.P., Antwerp).

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