LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

63.19 in. (160.50 cm.) (height) by 37.80 in. (96.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Man Ray and dated 1957 (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Jean Larcade,. Man Ray , 1962. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray , 1966, no. 103 (titled The Harpist ) . Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Man Ray , 1971, no. 14 . Ferrara, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Man Ray , 1972, no. 131, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

Jean Petithory, 'Hommage à Man Ray', in. De Tafelronde , XIII, nos. 1 & 2, Antwerp, April, 1968, illustrated in colour on the cover. Janus, Man Ray , Milan, 1973, fig. 109, illustrated in colour . André Morain, Le Milieu de l'art, seize années de chroniques photographiques , Paris, 1977, illustrated in a photograph of the 1962 exhibition p. 35 . Janus, Man Ray, Œuvres 1909-1972 , Milan & Paris, 1990, fig. 74, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Galleria Il Fauno, Turin (acquired from the artist). Private Collection, Italy (sold: Sotheby's, London, 27th March 1985, lot 194) . Purchased at the above sale by the present owner