Lot 393 : MAN RAY
Auction Location: United States of America - 2006
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Description:
1890-1976
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
measurements
24 by 18 1/8 in.
alternate measurements
61 by 46 cm
Painted in Hollywood in 1948.
Signed and dated Man Ray 948 (lower left); also titled and inscribed based on Allure de la fonction elliptique P' (U) pour G2=0 et G3=4 on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
This work will be included in the Catalogue of the Paintings of Man Ray being prepared by Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum.
PROVENANCE
Galleria Il Fauno, Turin (acquired directly from the artist circa 1974)
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1975
EXHIBITED
Beverly Hills, Copley Galleries, Man Ray, 1948-49, no. 5
Paris, Galerie Furstenberg, Exposition de peintures de Man Ray, 1954, no. 5
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, An Exhibition, Retrospective and Prospective of the Works of Man Ray, 1959, no. 38
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, Man Ray, 1959, no. 12
Princeton, University Art Museum, Man Ray, Drawings, Watercolors, Rayograms, Chess Sets, Books, Objects, 1963, no. 46
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray, 1966, no. 80
New York, Cordier & Ekstrom, Man Ray, A Selection of Paintings, 1970, illustrated
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Man Ray, 1971-72, no. 37
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray, 1972, no. 34
Rome, Galleria "Il Collezionista d'Arte Contemporanea", Man Ray, opere 1914-1973, 1973, illustrated
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Man Ray, 1975, no. 49
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Man Ray, l'occhio e il suo doppio, dipinti, collages, disegni, invenzioni fotografiche, ogetti d'affezione, libri, cinema, 1975, no. 164
LITERATURE
Patrick Waldberg, 'Bonjour Monsieur Man Ray', Quadrum, no. 7, Brussels, 1959, illustrated p. 101
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, illustrated p. 81
Sarane Alexandrian, Man Ray, Paris & Berlin, 1973, illustrated p. 46
Lara Vinci Masini, Man Ray, Florence, 1974, illustrated p. 34
Roland Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, illustrated p. 156
Arturo Schwarz, Man Ray. The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, no. 193, illustrated p. 112
Janus, Man Ray, ~uvres 1909-1972, Milan & Paris, 1990, fig. 52, illustrated
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