Lot 159
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Man Ray

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • SEATED NUDE
  • signé Man Ray et daté 1941 (en bas à droite)

  • gouache et encre sur papier
  • 35,5 x 25 cm; 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.

Provenance

Acquis de l'artiste par le propriétaire actuel

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is attached to the mount at 3 corners.There are 3 artist's pinholes. Apart from 6 areas of staining due to remmants of tape on the reverse, some time staining along the edges and a minor tear to the right edge, this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Man Ray' and dated '1941' (lower right), gouache and brush and ink on paper. Executed in 1941.

Ce portrait représente Juliet Browner qui devint plus tard la compagne de l'artiste et sa femme en 1946. Danseuse professionnelle, elle s'entraînait avec Martha Graham dans le New York des années 30.

 

This is a gouache study of Juliet Browner, who was to become Man Ray's companion and later his wife in 1946. She was a professional dancer who had trained under Martha Graham in the 1930's in New York.