Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Portrait de Kiki
signed 'Man Ray' (upper left); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed '"KIKI" Man Ray 1923 Paris (9)' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 18 in. (61.3 x 45.6 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Provenance
Elsie Ray Siegler, New Jersey (sister of the artist).
Naomi and David Savage, Princeton (by descent from the above, 1958, then by descent).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 26 January 2006.
Literature
"Grandada" in Time, vol. 81, 17 May 1963, p. 91 (illustrated).
Man Ray, Autoportrait, Paris, 1964, p. 145 (illustrated).
S. Alexandrian, Man Ray, Paris, 1973, p. 13 (illustrated in color).
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973 (illustrated in color, fig. 27).
R. Passeron, Encyclopédie du surréalisme, Paris, 1975, p. 229.
R. Penrose, Man Ray, New York, 1975, pp. 105-107 and 205, no. 61 (illustrated, p. 106).
Man Ray, L’occhio e il suo doppio, dipinti, collages, disegni, invenzioni fotografiche, oggetti d’affezione, libri, cinema, exh. cat., Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1975.
A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, pp. 58-59, 82 and 360, no. 53 (illustrated, p. 82).
Janus, Man Ray: Tutti gli scritti, Milan, 1981, p. 115 (illustrated).
G. Brown, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray, exh. cat., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 1988, pp. 33-34, no. 24 (illustrated in color, p. 34).
B. Klüver and J. Martin Kiki et Montparnasse, 1900-1930, Paris, 1989, p. 125 (illustrated, fig. 4).
Janus, Man Ray: Œuvres 1909-1972, Milan, 1990, no. 14 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Pasadena Art Institute, Retrospective Exhibition 1913-1944: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, Photographs by Man Ray, September-October 1944, no. 15.
Princeton University Art Museum, Man Ray: Drawings, Watercolors, Rayograms, Chess Sets, Books, Objects, March-April 1963, no. 9.
New York, Cordier and Ekstrom Gallery, Man Ray: Paintings Before 1950, April-May 1963.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray, October-December 1966, p. 55, no. 32.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen; Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray, September 1971-April 1972, pp. 32 and 114, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 32).
London, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Man Ray, April-June 1975, p. 4, no. 20.
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Man Ray, September-December 1994, no. 421 (illustrated).
New York, Di Donna Galleries, Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings, October-December 2019, pp. 78 and 192 (illustrated in color, p. 79).
Post Lot Text
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the Catalogue of Paintings of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Portrait de Kiki
signed 'Man Ray' (upper left); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed '"KIKI" Man Ray 1923 Paris (9)' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 18 in. (61.3 x 45.6 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Provenance
Elsie Ray Siegler, New Jersey (sister of the artist).
Naomi and David Savage, Princeton (by descent from the above, 1958, then by descent).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 26 January 2006.
Literature
"Grandada" in Time, vol. 81, 17 May 1963, p. 91 (illustrated).
Man Ray, Autoportrait, Paris, 1964, p. 145 (illustrated).
S. Alexandrian, Man Ray, Paris, 1973, p. 13 (illustrated in color).
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973 (illustrated in color, fig. 27).
R. Passeron, Encyclopédie du surréalisme, Paris, 1975, p. 229.
R. Penrose, Man Ray, New York, 1975, pp. 105-107 and 205, no. 61 (illustrated, p. 106).
Man Ray, L’occhio e il suo doppio, dipinti, collages, disegni, invenzioni fotografiche, oggetti d’affezione, libri, cinema, exh. cat., Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1975.
A. Schwarz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, pp. 58-59, 82 and 360, no. 53 (illustrated, p. 82).
Janus, Man Ray: Tutti gli scritti, Milan, 1981, p. 115 (illustrated).
G. Brown, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray, exh. cat., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 1988, pp. 33-34, no. 24 (illustrated in color, p. 34).
B. Klüver and J. Martin Kiki et Montparnasse, 1900-1930, Paris, 1989, p. 125 (illustrated, fig. 4).
Janus, Man Ray: Œuvres 1909-1972, Milan, 1990, no. 14 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Pasadena Art Institute, Retrospective Exhibition 1913-1944: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, Photographs by Man Ray, September-October 1944, no. 15.
Princeton University Art Museum, Man Ray: Drawings, Watercolors, Rayograms, Chess Sets, Books, Objects, March-April 1963, no. 9.
New York, Cordier and Ekstrom Gallery, Man Ray: Paintings Before 1950, April-May 1963.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Man Ray, October-December 1966, p. 55, no. 32.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen; Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray, September 1971-April 1972, pp. 32 and 114, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 32).
London, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Man Ray, April-June 1975, p. 4, no. 20.
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Man Ray, September-December 1994, no. 421 (illustrated).
New York, Di Donna Galleries, Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings, October-December 2019, pp. 78 and 192 (illustrated in color, p. 79).
Post Lot Text
Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the Catalogue of Paintings of Man Ray, currently in preparation.
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