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THE COLLECTION OF JERRY MOSS
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Chess set
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Chess set
signed and dated 'MAN RAY 1947' (on the board); stamped with initial 'R' (on the top of the kings)
anodized aluminum chess pieces and panel board
Board: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Pieces height varies from: 1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) to 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.)
(34)Conceived in wood in 1920; this edition executed in 1947
Chess set
signed and dated 'MAN RAY 1947' (on the board); stamped with initial 'R' (on the top of the kings)
anodized aluminum chess pieces and panel board
Board: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Pieces height varies from: 1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) to 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.)
(34)Conceived in wood in 1920; this edition executed in 1947
Provenance
Leo W. Farland, New York (acquired from the artist, circa 1955, then by descent); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 2002, lot 273.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, p. 217, no. 324 (another set partially illustrated).
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).
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.
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