MAN RAY (1890-1976) Lot n° 2

Selfportrait, 1916 Serigraph on plexiglass, signed at the dry point on the picture and annotated "E.A." Edition of 40 copies for Paris, Georges Visat, realized by Lucien Treillard, 1970. Plate: 52,5 x 38,5 cm Image: 51 x 36,5 cm Selfportrait, 1916 Serigraph on plexiglass, signed at the dry point on the picture and annotated "E.A.". 40 copies printed for Paris, Georges Visat, directed by Lucien Treillard, 1970. Plate: 20.67 x 15.16 inch. Picture: 20.08 x 14.38 inch. Note: The original (oil, bells and button on canvas), created in 1916, has been destroyed. Man Ray kept a photograph of it. The original (oil, bells and button on canvas), created in 1916, was destroyed. Man Ray conserved a photograph of it. 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°4, p.139, ill. p.21. - F. Naumann, Making Mischief, Dada invades, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996, p. 69 and 277 (the object) - G. Perlein and D. Palazzoli, Man Ray, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Nice, 1997, p.9 - Man Ray em Paris, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, 2019-2020, p.236 (this copy)