Man Ray United States, 1890-1976
Chess Piece Profiles (Series I), Circa 1942
Pencil on paper
29 x 40.5 cm
11 6/16 x 15 15/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 43.3 x 56.3 x 3 cm
11 6/16 x 15 15/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 43.3 x 56.3 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. The mixture of English and French notations, metric dimensions penciled in, and Man Ray's Paris studio address in red ink indicate it was revised for later use in 1953 and 1959. On verso is a larger scale pencil drawing of how 4 Knight pieces were to be produced from one circular piece of material, instead of 6, as shown on the recto drawing.
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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. The mixture of English and French notations, metric dimensions penciled in, and Man Ray's Paris studio address in red ink indicate it was revised for later use in 1953 and 1959. On verso is a larger scale pencil drawing of how 4 Knight pieces were to be produced from one circular piece of material, instead of 6, as shown on the recto drawing.
Provenance
Man Ray Trust
Private Collection, Belgium
Exhibitions
From Man Ray To Mariën : An Idea of Surrealism, MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels, January - March 2021Man Ray & Sherrie Levine : A Dialogue Through Objects, Images & Ideas, MARUANI MERCIER, Knokke, August 2015
Tokyo, 2010