Modern Discoveries including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Modern Discoveries including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Man Ray
Objet Indestructible
Lot Closed
April 19, 02:10 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Man Ray
1890-1976
Objet indestructible
signed Man Ray, numbered 27/100 and printed édition MAT, collection 65 on a label affixed to the metronome; printed with the title and date 1923-1965 on a metal plaque affixed to the metronome lid
Readymade metronome with black-and-white photograph and original presentation box
height: 21.5cm., 8½in.
Originally conceived in 1923. This version conceived in 1933 and executed by Daniel Spoerri (édition MAT) in 1965 in a numbered edition of 100.
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculptures of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
So Gallery, Tokyo (acquired circa 1990)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2022
Roland Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, no. 64, illustration of an earlier version n.p.
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, nos. 329 & 332, illustrations of earlier versions p. 218
Jean-Hubert Martin, Brigitte Hermann & Rosalind Krauss (eds.), Man Ray, Object de mon affection, Paris, 1983, no. 31, illustration of an earlier version titled Objet à détruire p. 46