Lot 130
  • 130

Man Ray

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • Le Trou dans la roue
  • signed with the initials MR (lower right), titled le trou dans la roue and numbered II (lower left)
  • felt-tip pen and pencil on paper
  • 33.1 x 26.1 cm; 13 x 10 1/4 in.

Provenance

The Estate of Juliet Man Ray
Sale: London, Sotheby's, Man Ray, Paintings, Objects, Photographs, Property from The Estate of Juliet Man Ray, the Man Ray Trust and the family of Juliet Man Ray, 23 March, 1995, lot 496
Private collection (acquired at the above sale and sold: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, October 25, 1998, lot 382)
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Boone, Turchin Center for the Arts, The Omnipotent Dream: Man Ray, Confluences and Influences, 2003, illustrated in the catalogue p. 7, listed p. 36
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 88

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount with tape in two places at the upper edge. There is some residue of tape which is visible on both sides along the edges. There are three pinpricks towards the centre of the upper edge. There are some flattened creases within the paper surface. This work is in overall good condition.
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