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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2018 | La Prière | 5 | Christie's | New York | |||
photographs
33 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm (12.99 x 9.21 x 0.51 in)
gelatin silver print on linen
signed and numbered 'V/VII' in pencil (recto); numbered 'V/VII' in green ink, dated '1971' and annotated '4 MOUVEMENTS' in black ink (stretcher bar, verso)
Christie's, New York, April 21, 1994, lot 320;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Janus, Man Ray L'Immagine Fotografica, La Biennale di Venezia, 1977, pl. 90.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, New York, 1977, pl. 83.
Jean-Hubret Martin et al., Man Ray Photographs, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1982, p. 191, p. 157.
Exhibition catalogue, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1988, fig. 190, p. 216.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: 1870–1976, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 1994, cat. no. 60, p. 90.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray: La photographie à l'envers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1998, pp. 164-165.
Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais et al., Man Ray, 1890-1976, Taschen, Cologne, New York, 2000, p. 63.
Erin C. Garcia, Man Ray in Paris, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2011, pl. 48, p. 86.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, London, New York, 2011, p. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray, Museo d'Arte della Città di Lugano, Switzerland, 2011, pl. 132, p. 142 (variant).
This work is number five from an edition of seven.
