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] (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing)
image/sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (29.5 x 22 cm.)
mount: 22 x 18 1/8 in. (56 x 46 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, pp. 58, 76.

Exhibited

New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Man Ray Mathematical Objects, May 3–June 30, 1983.

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Lot Essay

This photograph depicts a wire model that is intended to ‘visualize a mathematical object of extreme symmetry' (Man Ray Human Equations, p. 96). In Man Ray’s painting Antony and Cleopatra, the model serves as the tumultuous relationship between the two protagonists of that play.

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