Man Ray United States, 1890-1976
43 4/16 x 47 3/16 x 47 3/16 in
Suitcase:
(close) H 20 x W 64 x D 50 cm
(open) H 57 x W 64 x D 67 cm
dimension of one hanger:
4 x 39 x 0,6 cm
Further images
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First original in 1920, lost
Second original in 1947, lost
Edition of 15 for the Stockholm Museum in 1961, without suitcase and lithography
Man Ray created this unique piece in 1964, with 65 coats hangers, monogrammed and dated 1964. Edition of 10 by Arturo Schwarz, in 1965, with suitcase and certificate of Man Ray, lithography notice. Man Ray offer in 1975, to the city of Rome, un white coat hanger, signed and dedicated.
Provenance
Artist studioMarion Meyer Collection, Paris
MARUANI MERCIER Gallery, Belgium
Exhibitions
Man Ray, Musée national d’art moderne, 1972, Paris, France
Pepetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray (travelling exhibition):
National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C, 1988
MOCA, Los Angeles, 1989
Menil Collection, Houston, TX, 1989
Philadephia Museum, PA, 1990
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American Art in the 20th Century (travelling exhibition):
Royal Academy of Arts, 1993, London, UK
Martin Gropius Bau 1993, Berlin, Germany
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Made in the USA, L’art américain 1908 - 1947 (travelling exhibition):
• Musée des Beaux Arts, Bordeaux, France, 2001
• Musée des Beaux Arts, Rennes, France, 2001
• Musée des Beaux Arts, Fabre Montpellier, France, 2002, reproduced in the catalogue, p.119
Alias MAN RAY: Jewish Museum of American Art, New York, 2010-2011, reproduced in the catalogue, p.138, figure 6
Jeux Surréalisme: The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan, 2013 (travelling exhibition):
• Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
Le Surréalisme et l’Objet : Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 2013 - 2014
Man Ray & Sherrie Levine: A Dialogue through Objects, Images & Ideas, MARUANI MERCIER Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
Man Ray, Kunstforum Wien, 2018
FROM MAN RAY TO MARIEN: An Idea of Surrealism, MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels, 2021
MAN RAY ET LES FEMMES (traveling exhibition):
• The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2021
• Dreams, and Love, WOODS MUSEUM, Beijing, China, 2022
• The Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Nagano, Japan, 2022
• Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan, 2022
• The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama Kanagawa, Japan, 2022-2023
Man Ray & Fashion, Fashion Museum Antwerp (MoMu), Antwerp, Belgium, 2023
Man Ray: Other Objects, Luxembourg + Co, September - December, 2023, London, UK
Man Ray: When Objects Dream, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. NY. An other edition on view. September 14, 2025 - February 1, 2026, NY (repro. B&W catalog).
Literature
ed. Yuval Etgar, Luxembourg + Co, Verlag der Buchandlung Walther und Franz König, Man Ray: Other Objects, Luxembourg + Co, September - December, 2023, London, UK, illustrated fig. 51, pg. 92Royal Academy of Arts, 1993, London, UK, reproduced in the catalogue, figure n°12
Man Ray, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, France, 1972, cat 144, pg 72 Man Ray, Janus, Edition Fratelli Fabbri, 1973, reproduced n°21.