Lot 66
  • 66

Man Ray

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Man Ray
  • Verte ou Vérité
  • signed Man Ray and dated 57 (lower right); titled VERiTE (lower centre)
  • oil and wood collage on canvas
  • 64.5 x 80.5 cm; 25 3/8 x 31 5/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Sale : Sotheby's, London, 25 October 1989, lot 99
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris 
Acquired from the above in 1990

Exhibited

Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art, Man Ray (1890-1976), tome II, p. 11, no. T-15
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
Paris, Galerie de l'Etoile, Le Triangle d'Or : Duchamp - Picabia - Man Ray, Liberté - Humour- Amitié, 1993, p. 31
Antwerp, Ronny van de Velde, Man Ray, 1890-1976, 1994, no. 439

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is no evidence of retouching under ultra-violet light. This work is in very good original condition.
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