La mode au Congo (Adrienne Fidelin), 1937

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray
La mode au Congo (Adrienne Fidelin), 1937
tirage argentique
cachet du photographe 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' et annoté au crayon 'La mode au Congo, 1937' (verso)
image/feuille : 23 x 16 cm.

gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's credit 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e - France. Danton 92-25' and annotated in pencil 'La mode au Congo, 1937' (verso)
image/sheet : 9 x 6 ²/₈ in.

Provenance

Collection Marion Meyer, Paris.

Literature

Man Ray, cat. ex., Museo d'Arte, Lugano, 2011, p. 224.
Man Ray, cat. ex., Villa Manin / Fondazione Marconi, Passariano, 2014, p. 150.

Exhibited

Genève, Le Petit Palais, Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse, 1995, p. 266.
Madrid, Fundación Canal, Man Ray, Objetos de ensueño, janvier-avril 2019, p. 51.
Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum; Nagano, The Nagano Art Museum; Niigita, Niigita City Art Museum et Hayama Kanagawa, The Museum of Modern Art, Man Ray and the Women, juillet 2021-janvier 2023, ill. 166, p. 139.

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Lot Essay

The stamp on the verso of this photograph has been identified as M9 in Steven Manford’s book, Behind the photo: the stamps of Man Ray (2009). According to Manford, this is a lifetime Val de Grâce stamp used from 1935 to 1937 (p. 21).

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