LOT DETAILS

Materials:

hand-colored gelatin silver print, mounted on card

Size Notes:

image/sheet; mount: (32.1 x 24.5 cm.)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Man Ray 1936' (on the mount)

Exhibited:

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; Canberra, Australian National Gallery and London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Art of Photography: 1839-1989, February-December 1989, no. 245 (illustrated in color on the cover).

Literature:

"Book Review," The New York Times, 03 December 1989 (illustrated). S. Japrisot, A Very Long Engagement, New York, 1993 (illustrated in color on the cover).

Provenance:

Robert Mapplethorpe, New York His sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1982, lot 267 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner