Lot 304
  • 304

Man Ray, 1890-1976

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Man Ray
  • PIN-UP
  • signed, titled and numbered E/A; signed, titled and numbered Maquette E/A on the reverse
  • needles, pins, safety pins, metallic and card paper collage on board
  • collage: 26.8 by 20.3cm.; 10½ by 8in.
  • mount: 38 by 28cm.; 15 by 11in.

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuingen, Man Ray, 1971, no. 65, box 2

Literature

Janus, 1973, no. 138, illustration of another example from the edition
Penrose, 1975, p. 198, no. 132, illustraion of Close-up (Fold-up)
Schwarz, 1977, p. 149, no. 271, illustration of Close-up (Fold-up)

Catalogue Note

Executed in 1970, this work is the maquette for the edition of twenty-nine examples executed in the same year. A variant of the same work was executed in 1963 and entitled Close-up (Fold-up).