Lot 76
  • 76

Man Ray

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Man Ray
  • Fernand Léger, ca. 1935
  • Silver print. Tamponné 'Man Ray - 8 rue du Val-de-Grace Paris 5e - France Danton 92-25' and with the copyright stamp ADAGP on the reverse.
  • 23 by 17.4 cm, 9 by 6 ¾ in.
Fernand Léger, 1930
Silver gelatin print
9h x 6 7/8w

Estimate: €6,000 - 8,000

Exhibited

Madrid, Paris & Berlin, 2007-10, p. 86
Tokyo, 2010, no. 63

Literature

Tokyo, 1984, p. 63

Condition

This print is in very good condition. With a light scratch in the lower left quadrant near the left edge visible in raking light only and a retouched dot near the upper left corner.
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Catalogue Note

“Although his name means light in weight, his work was as heavy as if he were carving in a hard substance.” (Man Ray, unpublished manuscript for Man Ray Portraits, 1963)