MAN RAY (1890–1976)

Mathematical Object, 1934–1935

Details

MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Mathematical Object, 1934–1935
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
stamped 'MAN RAY - 8 RUE/DU VAL-DE-GRACE/PARIS 5e - FRANCE/DANTON 92 - 25' [Manford M9] and credited, numbered '36.1591 G' in pencil (verso); stamped 'PHOTOGRAPH BY MAN RAY' [Manford M22] (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing)
image/sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (30 x 23 3/10 cm.)
mount: 18 x 12 1/2 in. (46 x 32 cm.)

Provenance

The Collection of Juliet Man Ray;
Robert Miller Gallery, New York;
Galerie Montaigne, Paris;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Wendy A. Grossman and Edouard Sebline (eds.), Man Ray Human Equations, A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare, The Phillips Collection, Washington D. C., 2016, p. 176.

Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism, December 9, 1936–January 17, 1937, nos. 629–643.
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Man Ray Mathematical Objects, May 3–June 30, 1983.

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Lot Essay

The present photograph depicts a geometric inversion of a three-dimensional sphere. As with Lot 128, the present lot is mounted on black board and exhibited in the 1936 Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New York. The prints in this exhibition were loaned directly from the artist.

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