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MAN RAY | LA FORTUNE III

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseVAT reduced rate

Lot Closed

July 29, 02:02 PM GMT

Estimate

28,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

MAN RAY

1890 - 1976

LA FORTUNE III

signed Man Ray and numbered E/A on a label affixed to the reverse

wood, springs, roulette wheel, collaged paper and toilet paper mounted on a wooden base

Height: 47.3cm., 18⅝in.

Conceived in 1946; 1 unique example created in 1946, followed by an edition executed in 1973 (edited by Sergio Tosi, Milan). This example is an artist’s proof from the edition of 15 plus 2 artist’s proofs.

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.

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Sergio Tosi, Milan

Private Collection, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016

Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, New York, 1977, no. 339, illustration of another version pp. 281 & 319

Jean-Hubert Martin, Rosalind Krauss & Brigitte Hermann (eds.), Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, no. 104, illustration of another version p. 90