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MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Swedish Landscape, 1925
unique gelatin silver print
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1925' in ink (lower right image); signed and dated 'Man Ray 25' in pencil (lower right mount, recto); signed, dated and titled 'Swedish Landscape / Man Ray / Paris 1925' in ink, stamped photographer's credit 'MAN RAY / 31 Bis Rue / Campagne / Première studio / Paris' in red ink and 'ORIGINAL' in black ink (lower right on the reverse); annotated 'Top' in pencil by the artist (top center on the reverse); signed, dated, titled and annotated 'Swedish Landscape / Man Ray 1925 / ORIGINAL' in pencil (on the reverse of the mount); credited, titled, and dated on affixed gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (23.4 x 29.5 cm.)
mount: 19 x 15 7/8 in. (48.2 x 40.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Leo W. Farland, publisher and distributor of art posters, New York City (a gift from the above, 1960s); sale Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, 19-20 May 1980, lot 256.
The Weston Gallery Carmel California.
Southland Corporation (later, ‘7-Eleven, Inc.’); sale, Photographs from the Collection of 7-Eleven, Inc., Sotheby’s, New York, 5 April 2000, lot 26.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Art, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, December 14, 1976-January 12, 1977, pl. 96.
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, Man Ray: Poet of the Darkroom, 1977, cat. no. 96.
W. Gräff, Es kommt der Neue Fotograf!, Cologne, 1978, p. 48.
Carmel, Weston Gallery, Catalogue II, 1982 pl. 53.
E. de L'Ecotais, Man Ray: Rayographies, Paris, 2002, pl. 141, p. 235.
Exhibited
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, December 14, - January 12, 1977.
Carmel, Weston Gallery, Catalogue II, 1982.
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Details
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Swedish Landscape, 1925
unique gelatin silver print
signed and dated 'Man Ray 1925' in ink (lower right image); signed and dated 'Man Ray 25' in pencil (lower right mount, recto); signed, dated and titled 'Swedish Landscape / Man Ray / Paris 1925' in ink, stamped photographer's credit 'MAN RAY / 31 Bis Rue / Campagne / Première studio / Paris' in red ink and 'ORIGINAL' in black ink (lower right on the reverse); annotated 'Top' in pencil by the artist (top center on the reverse); signed, dated, titled and annotated 'Swedish Landscape / Man Ray 1925 / ORIGINAL' in pencil (on the reverse of the mount); credited, titled, and dated on affixed gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (23.4 x 29.5 cm.)
mount: 19 x 15 7/8 in. (48.2 x 40.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Leo W. Farland, publisher and distributor of art posters, New York City (a gift from the above, 1960s); sale Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, 19-20 May 1980, lot 256.
The Weston Gallery Carmel California.
Southland Corporation (later, ‘7-Eleven, Inc.’); sale, Photographs from the Collection of 7-Eleven, Inc., Sotheby’s, New York, 5 April 2000, lot 26.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Art, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, December 14, 1976-January 12, 1977, pl. 96.
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, Man Ray: Poet of the Darkroom, 1977, cat. no. 96.
W. Gräff, Es kommt der Neue Fotograf!, Cologne, 1978, p. 48.
Carmel, Weston Gallery, Catalogue II, 1982 pl. 53.
E. de L'Ecotais, Man Ray: Rayographies, Paris, 2002, pl. 141, p. 235.
Exhibited
New York, Kimmel/Cohn Photography Arts, Man Ray: Vintage Photographs, Solarizations and Rayographs, December 14, - January 12, 1977.
Carmel, Weston Gallery, Catalogue II, 1982.
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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