Lot Essay
This work is accompanied by a chessboard selected by Rosalind Gersten Jacobs.
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THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Chess set
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Chess set
signed, dated and stamped with initial 'MAN RAY 1947 R' (on the top of the gold king); stamped with initial again 'R' (on the top of the red king)
anodized aluminum chess pieces
height varies from 1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) to 1 1⁄4 in. (3.2 cm.)
(32)Conceived in wood in 1920; this version executed in 1947
Chess set
signed, dated and stamped with initial 'MAN RAY 1947 R' (on the top of the gold king); stamped with initial again 'R' (on the top of the red king)
anodized aluminum chess pieces
height varies from 1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) to 1 1⁄4 in. (3.2 cm.)
(32)Conceived in wood in 1920; this version executed in 1947
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the late owners, circa 1972.
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, pp. 203-204, no. 326 (original wood version illustrated, p. 217).
J.-M. Huber, B. Hermann and R. Krauss, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 161 (another version illustrated).
J.-M. Huber, B. Hermann and R. Krauss, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 161 (another version illustrated).
Exhibited
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Dada and Surrealism from the Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection, March-May 2000.
Further Details
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the Objects and Sculptures of Man Ray, currently in preparation.