Man Ray United States, 1890-1976
Chess Set Design with Shaded Profiles, 1946-59
Black & red ink and pencil on paper
27.1 x 34.5 cm
10 10/16 x 13 9/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 4 x 47 x 3 cm
10 10/16 x 13 9/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 4 x 47 x 3 cm
This work was part of a historic sale by the Man Ray Trust in 2014 coordinated by Sotheby's and overseen by Man Ray Expert committee member Andrew Strauss. - Thin...
This work was part of a historic sale by the Man Ray Trust in 2014 coordinated by Sotheby's and overseen by Man Ray Expert committee member Andrew Strauss.
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Thin blue-black ink notations in upper left to Carlebach Dec 1959, 1 wooden set 1946, 1 Steiner set, six metal pieces (1947) for models indicate that the drawing was first made in 1946, in wood, and samples in metal in California.
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Thin blue-black ink notations in upper left to Carlebach Dec 1959, 1 wooden set 1946, 1 Steiner set, six metal pieces (1947) for models indicate that the drawing was first made in 1946, in wood, and samples in metal in California.
Provenance
Man Ray Trust
Private Collection, Belgium
Exhibitions
From Man Ray To Mariën: An Idea of Surrealism, MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels, January - March 2021
Man Ray & Sherrie Levine: A Dialogue Through Objects, Images & Ideas, MARUANI MERCIER, Knokke, August 2015
Man Ray, Tokyo, 2010Literature
Meyer, Marion & Cannone, Xavier, From Man Ray To Mariën: An Idea of Surrealism, pub. MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels, 2021
Man Ray & Sherrie Levine:A Dialogue Through Objects, Images & Ideas, pub. MARUANI MERCIER, August 2015