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MAN RAY
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United States of America 1890 – France 1976
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Cadeau
[Gift]
[Cadeau] 1921 reconstructed 1970
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| iron with brass tacks, glass cover and wooden base |
| artist's proof (prototype for an edition of 9 issued by Luciano Anselmino for Galeria Il Fauno, Turin) |
| artist's proof |
| prototype for edition of 9; Turin: Luciano Anselmino/Galeria Il Fauno (edition of 9); original constructed in Paris, disappeared when first exhibited in 1921 |
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overall 19.0 (h) x 14.9 (w) x 14.9 (d) cm
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iron & base 17.9 (h) x 14.9 (w) x 14.9 (d) cm
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glass cover 19.0 (h) cm
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| inscribed outside upper section of handle in white, "Essai MR", inside lower section of handle "Essai MR", back of iron, cast iron, "4/*/LEVIMEU". |
| Purchased 1992 |
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NGA 1992.1587
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| © Man Ray. Licensed by ARS & VISCOPY, Australia |
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| Provenance |
- the artist;
- to Lucien Treillard (former assistant to the artist and original executor of his estate), Paris;
- Timothy Baum, New York;
- from whom bought by the Australian National Gallery, December 1992
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