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Auction archive: Lot number 395

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,989 - US$19,483
Price realised:
£32,500
ca. US$42,215
Auction archive: Lot number 395

Man Ray (1890-1976)

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,989 - US$19,483
Price realised:
£32,500
ca. US$42,215
Beschreibung:

Man Ray (1890-1976) OPTIC-TOPIC signed with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated '74/100 MR 1974/78' and with goldsmith's mark and the hallmark for silver (on the reverse edge); inscribed 'OPTIC TOPIC' (on the wooden box) gold-plated silver mask with leather ties, in original wood box Mask: 4 x 5 1/4 in. (10 x 13.4 cm.) Original Wood Box: 14 ¾ x 11 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (37.4 x 28.3 x 7.5 cm.) Conceived in 1974 and executed in 1978 in an edition of 100 published by GEM Montebello Provenance Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired directly from the publisher GEM Montebello in the 1980s, and thence by descent.

Auction archive: Lot number 395
Auction:
Datum:
6 Feb 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

Man Ray (1890-1976) OPTIC-TOPIC signed with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated '74/100 MR 1974/78' and with goldsmith's mark and the hallmark for silver (on the reverse edge); inscribed 'OPTIC TOPIC' (on the wooden box) gold-plated silver mask with leather ties, in original wood box Mask: 4 x 5 1/4 in. (10 x 13.4 cm.) Original Wood Box: 14 ¾ x 11 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (37.4 x 28.3 x 7.5 cm.) Conceived in 1974 and executed in 1978 in an edition of 100 published by GEM Montebello Provenance Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired directly from the publisher GEM Montebello in the 1980s, and thence by descent.

Auction archive: Lot number 395
Auction:
Datum:
6 Feb 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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