MAN RAY
'ELECTRICITÉ'
Lot #195 |
2019-10-03 |
Sotheby's, New York
Classic Photographs
Category:
Photograph
Estimate:
USD 25,000 - 35,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10044
Auction name: Classic Photographs
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2019-10-03
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Photography & Video
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Dimensions: 10ÂĽ by 8 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
26
Width In Centimeters:
20.3
Height In Inches:
10.25
Width In Inches:
8
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Edition: 500
Edition notes: Edition of 500.
Provenance
Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, circa 2000
Catalog summary
MAN RAY 1890-1976 'ELECTRICITÉ' (Paris: La Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d’Electricité, 1931, an edition of 500), a portfolio of 10 photogravures after Rayographs by Man Ray, each signed in the negative, framed, 1931; together with the 6-page printed introductory text by Pierre Bost and 7 of the original individual translucent lettered wrappers. Folio, printed patterned wrapper with flaps, the colophon printed inside the rear wrapper, with edition number '399' typed, in a glassine dust jacket, the whole in a slipcase with printed label, no. 399 from an edition of 500 Each 10¼ by 8 in. (26 by 20.3 cm.) or the reverse Provenance Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, circa 2000