MAN RAY (1890-1976)

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MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Non-Euclidean Object I, 1932 Wood, steel, rubber tube, metal A label with the date 1932 is stuck on the base 47 x 9,7 x 6 cm Non-Euclidean Object I, 1932 Wood, steel, rubber tube, metal A label with the date 1932 is stuck on the base 18.51 x 3.82 x 2.37 inch. Executed in 1973 probably as a trial proof for the edition of 9 copies plus artist's proofs, published by Richard Binder, Brussels, after the original 1932 object. Executed in 1973 probably as a trial proof for the edition of 9 examples plus artist's proofs, published by Richard Binder, Brussels, after the original object of 1932. Note: "Hexagons added to pentagons form a sphere." Man Ray commented on this object: "Is Euclid lucid? Euclid elucidated." The original object was exhibited at the Pierre Colle Gallery, Paris, 1933, and at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York, 1945, and then lost. Edition of this beloved object of Man Ray (represented in many photographs) in 1973, by Binder, Brussels, realization Lucien Treillard, printed at 8 copies. "Hexagons added to pentagons form a sphere" Man Ray commented on this object: "Is Euclid lucid? Euclid elucidated". The original object was exhibited at the Pierre Colle Gallery, Paris, 1933, and at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York, 1945, then lost. Edition of this beloved object of Man Ray (represented in many photographs) in 1973, by Binder, Brussels, realized by Lucien Treillard, 8 copies printed. Provenance: Collection Edmonde et Lucien Treillard, Paris Bibliography: - J.-H. Martin, R. Krauss and B. Hermann, Man Ray, catalog raisonné, Sculptures et objets, Objets de mon affection, Paris, Philippe Sers, 1983, n°42 p. 144, ill. p. 52 - Ronny van de Velde, Man Ray, 1890-1976, Antwerp, Albin Michel, 1994, n°370, (this copy) - Man Ray em Paris, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, 2019-2020, p.223 (this copy) Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Man Ray's Objects and Sculptures, currently in preparation. Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Objects & Sculpture of Man Ray, currently in preparation. "Neither can any of these works be considered experimental. Art is not a science." MAN RAY
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