Details

Provenance

Juliet Man Ray, Paris Joseph Browner, Paris (acquired from the above by descent) Private Collection, New York Acquired from the above in 1997 by the present owner

Exhibited

São Paulo, VIII Bienal de São Paulo, Surrealismo e arte fantástica , 1965, n.n., illustration of the original object Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne; Man Ray , 1971, no. 151, p. 74, illustration of the original object Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray , 1972, no. 143, p. 13, illustration of the original object San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections , March - May 2006

Literature

Jean-Hubert Martin, Rosalind Krauss & Brigitte Hermann, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné , Paris, 1983, no. 28, p. 142, illustrated Alisa Carroll , Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton , New York, 2016, pp. 16, 22, 24-25, illustrated in color and p. 218 Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath , Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection , New York, 2021, p. 41, illustrated in color and p. 416

Catalog summary

Man Ray 1890 - 1976 Cadeau signed Man Ray , titled CADEAU , dated 1962 (1921) (on the handle) ; inscribed Sao Paulo 1965-66 , ne touchez pas aux clous, (PAS A VENDRE) and variously inscribed (on the underside of the box); signed Man Ray , titled CADEAU and inscribed (TOP) (HAUT) ( on the side of the box) flatiron with black painted tacks with original hand-made presentation box with handles Iron: 7 by 4 by 4 ¼ in. (14.8 by 10.2 by 10.8 cm.) Exhibition box: 4 ¼ by 9 ⅞ by 5 ½ in. (10.8 by 25.1 by 14 cm.) Executed in 1962, this is one of a number of replicas made after the original object of 1921. Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00432-O-2024 and that this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation. Saleroom notice Please note the cataloguing for this lot has been updated. Provenance Juliet Man Ray, Paris Joseph Browner, Paris (acquired from the above by descent) Private Collection, New York Acquired from the above in 1997 by the present owner Exhibited São Paulo, VIII Bienal de São Paulo, Surrealismo e arte fantástica , 1965, n.n., illustration of the original object Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne; Man Ray , 1971, no. 151, p. 74, illustration of the original object Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Man Ray , 1972, no. 143, p. 13, illustration of the original object San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections , March - May 2006 Literature Jean-Hubert Martin, Rosalind Krauss & Brigitte Hermann, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné , Paris, 1983, no. 28, p. 142, illustrated Alisa Carroll , Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton , New York, 2016, pp. 16, 22, 24-25, illustrated in color and p. 218 Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath , Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection , New York, 2021, p. 41, illustrated in color and p. 416