Lot 124
  • 124

MAN RAY | Mask with points

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • Mask with points
  • signed Man Ray and dated 46 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 30.5 by 23cm., 12 by 9in.
  • Painted in 1946.

Provenance

Juliet Man Ray, Paris (the artist's wife)
Artcurial, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980

Exhibited

Beverly Hills, The Copley Galleries, Man Ray, 1948-1949, no. 29 (titled Mask with Points)
Princeton, University Art Museum, Man Ray, Drawings, Watercolors, Rayograms, Chess Sets, Books, Objects, 1963, no. 34
Frankfurt, Kunstverein & Basel, Kunsthalle, Man Ray, Inventionen und Interpretationen, 1979-1980, no. 36

Literature

Robert Lebel, 'Man Ray et Duchamp avant et après' in: Journal Artcurial, Paris, May 1980, illustrated p. 6
Wendy Grossman & Edouard Sebline eds., Man Ray, Human Equations a Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare, Berlin, 2015, fig. 128, illustrated p. 150

Condition

The canvas is not lined and examination under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There are some fine, horizontal lines of stable craquelure to the white pigment in the upper right quadrant as well as along the lower edge. This work is in very good condition and might benefit from a light clean.
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Catalogue Note

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 of Paintings of Man Ray, currently in preparation.