Man Ray

Collection particulière, New York
Vente : Sotheby's Londres, 25 octobre 1989, lot 99
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
Acquis du précédent par le propriétaire actuel en 1990

Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Man Ray (1890-1976), tome II, p. 11, no. T-15, illustré en couleur
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Takamatsu, City Museum of Art; Tsukuba, Museum of Art, Ibaraki; Okayama, Prefectural Museum of Art; Akita, Senshu Museum of Art; Itami, City Museum of Art, Man Ray et ses amis, 1991-92, p. 79, no. 124, illustré en couleur
Paris, Galerie de l'Etoile, Le Triangle d'Or : Duchamp - Picabia - Man Ray, Liberté - Humour- Amitié, 1993, p. 31, illustré en couleur
Anvers, Ronny van de Velde, Man Ray, 1890-1976, 1994, no. 439

The canvas is not lined. There is no evidence of retouching under ultra-violet light. This work is in very good condition.
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signed 'Man Ray' and dated '57' (lower right); titled 'VERiTE' (in the lower part), oil on canvas. Painted in 1957.

Peinte à Paris en 1957, cette œuvre et son titre reposent sur un jeu de mots autour de l'expression "être vert d'envie". Représentant deux figures quasi-abstraites en pleine conversation, on y peut y voir inscrit l'adjectif "Verte" que l'insertion de la lettre "i" transforme en "Vérité".

Painted in Paris in 1957, the title of this work is a play on words of the old phrase "Vert d'envie" or "Green with envy" as the composition might suggest, portraying two abstract figures in communication. Inscribed Verte and transformed merely by the addition of the letter "i" into the word Vérité (truth).