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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2023 | Vénus de Medici avant la restauration | Sotheby's | New York | ||||
sculpture
70.8 cm (27.88 in)
plaster and rope assemblage
Galeria Il Collezionista d"Arte Contemporanea, Rome (acquired from the artist in 1973)
Private Collection, Rome (acquired from the above in 1990)
Sotheby"s, London, 28 November 1995, lot 301 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Rome, Galeria Il Collezionista d"Arte Contemporanea, Man Ray, Opere 1914-1973 , October-December 1973, pp. 80-81, illustrated p. 81 (present example in its original state)
Man Ray, Oggetti d"Affezione , Turin 1970, pl. 38, illustration of the original object
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray, 60 ans de libertés , Paris 1971, no. 73, illustration of another example
Janus, Man Ray , Milan 1973, no. 41, illustration of another example in color p. 139
Roland Penrose, Man Ray , London 1975, no. 124, p. 189, illustration of another example
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination , London 1977, no. 288, pp. 171 and 368, illustration the original object p. 171
Exh. Cat., Frankfurter Kunstverein (and traveling), Man Ray: Inventionen und Interpretationen , 1979-1980, no. 52, illustration of the original object p. 95
Brigitte Hermann and Rosalind E. Krauss, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné , Paris 1983, no. 58, pp. 62 and 149, illustration of the original object p. 62
Exh. Cat., Antwerp, Ronny Van de Velde, Man Ray 1890-1976 , 1994, no. 375, pp. 263 and 342, illustration of another example p. 263
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Modern (and traveling), Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia , 2008, fig. 212, pp. 160-61, illustrated of another example of in color p. 166
Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection (and traveling), Man Ray - Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare , February 2015-January 2016, fig. 143, pp. 164-65, illustration of another example in color p. 165
Alisa Carroll, Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton, New York 2016, pp. 16, 27 and 218, illustrated in color (installed in the Four Seasons, San Francisco)
Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection , New York 2021, p. 49 and 416, illustrated in color p. 49
Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
Vénus de Medici avant la restauration
plaster and rope assemblage
height: 27 ⅞ in. 71 cm.
Conceived in 1936 and executed in 1971 in an edition of 10 plus 2 artist"s proofs, published by the Galleria Schwarz, Milan. This work is a unique variant.
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.
