Bidspirit auction | Man Ray: First Steps in

Man Ray: First Steps in 1920 - RAY, MAN 1890 Philadelphia - 1976 Paris Title: First Steps in 1920. Subtitle: Portfolio of 9 photographs. Date: Ca. 1920/1971. Technique: Each a gelatin silver print on Agfa. Picture size: Different dimensions. Sheet size: 24 x 30 cm or 30 x 24 cm. Notation: One sheet signed. Each numbered and stamped with studio stamp on the verso. Publisher: Edition Luciano Anselmino, Turin (publisher). Number: Ex. 8/8. Frame: Each framed. Includes prints of the following photographs: - Mina Loy, 1918 - Tristan Tzara, 1921 - Integration of Shadows, 1919 - Compass, 1920 - Transatlantic, 1920 (signed) - Coat - Stand, 1920 - Portrait, 1920 - L'Enigme d'Isidore Ducasse, 1920 - L'Inquetude, 1920 Provenance: - Attilio Codogniato, Venice - Collection Egidio Marzona, Bielefeld - Private collection, Germany Exhibition: - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1998 Literature: - Janus: Le Grandi Monografie. Pittori d'oggi: Man Ray, Milan 1977, plate 172 (different copy) - Martin, Jean-Hubert/Hermann, Brigitte/Kraus, Rosalind: Man Ray. Objets de mon affection, Paris 1983, cat. no. 26, ill. p. 38 (different copy) - Man Ray is a key figure in Dadaism and Surrealism - The portfolio was published in a very small edition, of which only a few complete copies are still available on the market - 'First Steps in 1920' comprises nine experimental photographs from the early 1920s - Combines portraiture and object study - Symbolises Man Ray's idea of making the visible an expression of the unconscious Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Man Ray USA Dadaism Surrealism Classic Photographs Modern Art Photographs 1920s Celebrities Photography Gelatin silver print