Autoportrait avant/après, 1943

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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Man Ray
Autoportrait avant/après, 1943
tirage argentique, réhaussé d'un trait à l'encre noire
cachet du photographe 'Photograph by Man Ray' (verso)
image/feuille : 11.7 x 7.8 cm.

gelatin silver print, enhanced with on line in black ink
stamped photographer's credit 'Photograph by Man Ray' (verso)
image/sheet : 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.

Provenance

Francis M. Naumann Fine Arts, New York.
Collection Marion Meyer, Paris.

Literature

Man Ray - La Photographie est L'art. 12 Photographies, cat. ex., Galerie Marion Meyer, Paris, 2006, n.p.
Man Ray, cat. ex., Villa Manin / Fondazione Marconi, Passariano, 2014, p. 171 (variante).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Marion Meyer, Man Ray. L’énigme photographique, novembre-décembre 2006.
Bogota, Museo de Arte Banco de la Republica et Lima, Centro Cultural PUCP, Man Ray, Coleccion Marion Meyer, septembre 2010-juin 2011, p. 86.

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Lot Essay

The stamp on the verso of this photograph has been identified as M22 in Steven Manford’s book, Behind the photo: the stamps of Man Ray (2009). According to Manford, this is a lifetime stamp used from 1940 to 1951 (p. 27).

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