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Man Ray

Philadelphia 1890 – 1976 Paris

1929: book of poems 'Les Quatre Saisons' with texts by Louis Aragon and Benjamin Péret as well as four reproductions of Man Ray's photographs: Printemps, Été, Automne, Hiver. Before 1929

4 Autotypes. Each approx. 16,5 × 12 cm (17 × 13 cm) (6 ½ × 4 ¾ in. (6 ¾ × 5 ⅛ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Man Ray. 1929: book of poems 'Les Quatre Saisons' with texts by Louis Aragon and Benjamin Péret as well as four reproductions of Man Ray's photographs: Printemps, Été, Automne, Hiver. Before 1929.

Estimate:

EUR 25,000

 

- 30,000

USD 28,100

 

- 33,700

Sold for:

31,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 29.05.2019

Information

4 Autotypes. Each approx. 16,5 × 12 cm (17 × 13 cm) (6 ½ × 4 ¾ in. (6 ¾ × 5 ⅛ in.)). Each mounted at the upper edge on the original page (31,1 x 23,5 cm). Together in the issue with thread binding, 28 pages on laid paper with watermark (VAN GELDER ZONEN and crowned coat of arms), and binding (28,2 x 22,5 x 0,4 cm) with embossed title in black: "1929", wrapped in glassine paper. One of 48 editioned copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen Paper of a total edition of 215 editioned copies, ed. by Éditions de la Revue Variétés, Bruxelles, 1929.

Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia

Martin Parr and Gerry Badger: The Photobook: A History, vol. II, London 2006, p. 138 / exh. cat.: Man Ray. Unbekümmert, aber nicht gleichgültig. Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, 2008, p. 140–141 (there reproductions from 1975)

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