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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
La Prière, 1930
Details
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
La Prière, 1930
gelatin silver print on linen, printed late 1960s
signed and numbered 'I/VII' in pencil (recto); numbered 'I/VII' in ink (stretcher bar, verso); credited, titled and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/stretched canvas: 13 x 9 ¼ x ½ in. (33 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of seven.
La Prière, 1930
gelatin silver print on linen, printed late 1960s
signed and numbered 'I/VII' in pencil (recto); numbered 'I/VII' in ink (stretcher bar, verso); credited, titled and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/stretched canvas: 13 x 9 ¼ x ½ in. (33 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of seven.
Provenance
Cordier & Ekstrom, New York;
Timothy Baum, New York;
Karen Amiel Modern & Contemporary Art, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
Timothy Baum, New York;
Karen Amiel Modern & Contemporary Art, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
Literature
Janus, Man Ray L'Immagine Fotografica, La Biennale di Venezia, 1977, pl. 90.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, New York, 1977, pl. 83.
Jean-Hubret Martin et al., Man Ray Photographs, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1982, p. 191, p. 157.
Exhibition catalogue, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1988, fig. 190, p. 216.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: 1870–1976, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 1994, cat. no. 60, p. 90.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: La photographie à l'envers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1998, pp. 164-165.
Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais et al., Man Ray, 1890-1976, Taschen, Cologne, New York, 2000, p. 63.
Erin C. Garcia, Man Ray in Paris, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2011, pl. 48, p. 86.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, London, New York, 2011, p. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Switzerland, 2011, pl. 132, p. 142 (variant).
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, New York, 1977, pl. 83.
Jean-Hubret Martin et al., Man Ray Photographs, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1982, p. 191, p. 157.
Exhibition catalogue, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1988, fig. 190, p. 216.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: 1870–1976, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 1994, cat. no. 60, p. 90.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: La photographie à l'envers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1998, pp. 164-165.
Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais et al., Man Ray, 1890-1976, Taschen, Cologne, New York, 2000, p. 63.
Erin C. Garcia, Man Ray in Paris, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2011, pl. 48, p. 86.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, London, New York, 2011, p. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Switzerland, 2011, pl. 132, p. 142 (variant).