Man Ray
3 ouvrages, dont 2 avec envois : "Facile". Paris, G.L.M., 1935. "Pain peint". Galerie Alexandre Iolas, 1973. "Clin d'œil". Il Fauno, 1971.
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June 27, 01:35 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Man Ray.
Facile. Paris, G.L.M., 1935.
Pain peint. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, 1973.
Clin d'œil. Il Fauno, 1971.
Ensemble de trois ouvrages, dont deux avec envois autographes à Sergio Tosi, son éditeur milanais.
MAN RAY — Paul ÉLUARD. Facile. Paris, G.L.M., 1935.
Petit in-4 (243 x 180 mm). Broché, en feuilles, couverture illustrée.
Un des plus désirables livres illustrés par la photographie.
Édition originale.
Couverture illustrée et 12 photographies héliogravées par Man Ray du corps de Nusch Éluard, inspiratrice et épouse du poète. "Facile où le corps nu de Nusch photographié par Man Ray, encercle les poèmes d’une chair tendre aux lignes idéales…" (Album Éluard, p. 173).
Un des 200 exemplaires hors commerce sur vélin, non numéroté.
Envoi autographe signé et daté à Sergio Tosi, au feutre rouge sur le faux-titre :
"à Sergio ─
bienfaiteur !
Man Ray
Paris - 69".
MAN RAY. Pain peint. Paris, Galerie Iolas, 1973.
In-4 (240 x 170 mm). Leporello, plat orné d’une baguette bleue sur feutrine bleue tenue par un ruban vert.
Exemplaire en très bon état.
13 planches d'après Man Ray (Revolving Doors, 1916-1917). Complet de l'affiche dépliante.
Pain peint, une baguette peinte en bleu, a été conçu pour la première fois en 1958 avant d’être réemployé dans ce catalogue.
MAN RAY. Clin d’œil. Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Galleria Martano, [1971].
Grand in-8 (245 x 200 mm). Cartonnage noir d'édition, étiquette de titre sur le premier plat (dos partiellement décollé).
6 illustrations en noir contrecollées (portraits, objets) ainsi qu'un spécimen de l'exposition rétrospective Dada (1916-1922).
Envoi autographe signé à son éditeur Sergio Tosi et son épouse Fausta Squatriti :
"pour Fausta
et
Sergio
Souvenirs
Man Ray
Paris-Turin 1971".
Avec le poster-prospectus de l'exposition Man Ray, Oggetti, collages, maschere... 1971.
L'éditeur Sergio Tosi et son épouse Fausta Squatriti produisirent plusieurs éditions de Man Ray à partir de 1968, dont Les Treize Clichés Vierges (1968, voir lot 96), L'Indicateur (1969), Pain peint (1973), Presse-papier à Priape I (1968), etc.
"In 1969, Sergio Tosi and Fausta Squatriti, who also met Man Ray through Schwarz, produced numbered editions of graphic work and multiples in collaboration with the artist. They produced multiples of Man Ray's L'Indicateur (original 1952 in wood; 1969 edition of 25 in brass and chrome), modeled on a drawing by the artist. In a postcard dated July 21, 1969, Squatriti and Tosi expressed their pleasure that Man Ray liked the object: "Very pleased that you liked the object; I think that we can make of it an edition of between 20-50 copies, you nid to decide."
Tosi and Squatriti also worked with gallerist Alexander Iolas on the production of Man Ray's collages Revolving Doors, produced in silkscreen with a little blue bread (Pain peint (Blue Bred), 1958) in relief on the cover. In 1968, Tosi issued Les Treize Clichés Vierges, 13 illustrations by Man Ray for texts by André Breton, Paul Eluard, and Marcel Duchamp (550 numbered examples). Tosi discussed the format of this book (for which he had sent Man Ray the maquette) - he mentioned that the images were pasted in to give Man Ray the possibility of changing the order. He expressed his desire to use this book to promote himself and Man Ray: "I would like to produce your little book quickly to present it at an exhibit where I am invited in Florence (Fair at Palazzo Strozzi) and for me it is a great pleasure and also good publicity to show that I worked with you."
In 1968, Tosi produced three bronze casts of Presse-papier à Priape I (original 1920, destroyed, three steel balls and tubing ; 1966 Zerbib edition) for Man Ray, Alexander lolas, and one for himself. Several editions of this object were produced in silver, bronze, and marble during the 1960s and early 1970s; in 1972 fifty examples of this object were made in Athens, and Galerie lolas in Paris produced a new edition of 500, in white marble.
On October 15, 1975, Squatriti informed Man Ray that the gallery had completed the printing of a book illustrating her works accompanied by texts by Man Ray : "We have finished printing the book with your text, is very beautiful, and I am increasingly happy to have the honor and joy of the words you wrote for my images." (A. Kamien-Kazhdan, Remaking the Readymade: Duchamp, Man Ray, and the Conundrum of the Replica, Routlege, 2020).