Lot 253
  • 253

Man Ray

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • Le Satellite, 1956
  • Signed Man Ray and dated 1956 (lower right); titled Le Satellite (lower left)
  • Pen and ink and brush and ink on paper
  • 39.5 by 28.5 cm, 15 ½ by 11 ¼ in.
Le Satellite, 1956

Ink on paper
14 5/8" H x 10 1/4" W; see notes

Estimate: €3,500 - 5,000

Exhibited

Francfort & Bâle, 1979-80, no. 122, fig. 104, p. 139

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, taped to the over mount so that the edges of the sheet are not visible. Apart from two tiny specks of possible foxing to the left of the main composition, this work appears to be in excellent overall condition.
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