Lot 144
  • 144

Man Ray

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • REVOLVING DOORS : Mime, Long Distance, Orchestra, The Meeting, Legend, Decanter, Jeune Fille, Shadows, Concrete Mixer, Dragon Fly
  • chaque planche est signée Man Ray; cet exemplaire est numéroté 1/100
  • pochoir sur papier
  • chaque planche : 75,5 x 50,2 cm; 29 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Provenance

Don de l'artiste au propriétaire actuel vers 1973

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheets are taped to the mount at two point on the lower edge. The work titled Decanter has a folding mark running horizontally along the lower edge. Apart from a slight dicoloration to the sheets, these works are in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Cet album de pochoirs en couleur illustre la série entière de papier collages intitulée Revolving Doors. Réalisé par Man Ray à New York en 1916-17, cet album est l'occasion pour l'artiste d'explorer les techniques de collage et de s'essayer aux œuvres à deux dimensions.

This album of coloured pochoirs illustrates the entire series of paper collages Man Ray made in 1916-17 in New York and titled as Revolving Doors, exploring the techniques of collage and his experiments with 2-dimensional art.