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Man Ray

Philadelphia 1890 – 1976 Paris

Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp playing chess in Man Ray's studio on Rue Férou, Paris. 1952/1960

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23,2 × 15 cm (23,5 × 15,2 cm) (9 ⅛ × 5 ⅞ in. (9 ¼ × 6 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Man Ray. Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp playing chess in Man Ray's studio on Rue Férou, Paris. 1952/1960.

Estimate:

EUR 4,400

 

- 4,600

Sold for:

5,080 EUR (incl. premium)

Timed Auctions 2025

Photography Online Only, 10 – 19 October 2025, Sunday, 19.10.2025

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23,2 × 15 cm (23,5 × 15,2 cm) (9 ⅛ × 5 ⅞ in. (9 ¼ × 6 in.)). Photographer's stamp: "PHOTOGRAPH MAN RAY" on the reverse. Frame dimensions: 42 x 35 x 2 cm. Framed

Condition Report: In good condition. Matte heavy paper. In the center of the right margin (Duchamp's face), there is a very faint vertical crease mark, approx. 3 cm long, perceptible only in raking light. In the lower left corner zone, there are a few isolated minuscule pressure dots as well as faint scratch and finger marks, unobtrusive. In the lower right corner zone, there are matte marks of a stamp, perceptible only in raking light. Right edge irregularly trimmed

Formerly Collection Juliet Man Ray, Collection Elsa Combe-Martin

Hans Richter: Dada. Art and Anti-Art, London 1965 (Reprint 2004), pl. 45, between p. 46 and p. 47 / Man Ray: Self-portrait. Boston 1963, p. 243 (there titled and dated: Man Ray with Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1956) / Exh. cat.: Man Ray. Works from a Private Collection. New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, 2009, pl. 20

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