A Life in Art: Sculpture from the Mallin Collection Part II
A Life in Art: Sculpture from the Mallin Collection Part II
A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection
Man Ray
Belle main
Lot Closed
February 23, 03:18 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
Belle main
inscribed with the artist's monogram and numbered 5/8
bronze
length: 15 ⅛ in.
38.4 cm.
Executed in 1971, the present work is number 5 from an edition of 8 plus 2 artist’s proofs published by Galleria Il Fauno, Turin and cast by the Fratelli Barberis Foundry.
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.
Marcello Fiandra, Italy (acquired directly from the artist in 1972)
Sotheby’s London, 18 October 1985, lot 76 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Man Ray (Les Mains Libres), 1972, n.p. (another example from the edition)
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, The Surrealist Vision: Europe and the Americas, January-April 1999