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Chess Set
Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Chess Set
signed, dated and inscribed 'man Ray K 1947' (on the underside of the white king)
wooden chess pieces
Height: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) (the king)
Executed in 1947
32
Chess Set
signed, dated and inscribed 'man Ray K 1947' (on the underside of the white king)
wooden chess pieces
Height: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) (the king)
Executed in 1947
32
Provenance
Private collection, New York.
Acquired by the present owner, 2010.
Acquired by the present owner, 2010.
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, p. 217 (another version illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, Man Ray, Continued and Noticed, September-November 2016, p. 81 (illustrated in color, fig. 59).
Brought to you by
Vanessa Fusco