Mathematical Object

Man Ray American, 1890-1976
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About the Artwork

Mathematical Object

1936

Man Ray

1890-1976

American

Unknown

Gelatin silver print

Image: 11 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (29.8 × 23.2 cm) Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund

F1983.81

© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Markings

Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, lower center edge: RMG # 183.27 Inscribed, in pencil, on verso of mount, lower right edge: RMG # 183.27

Stamp, in purple ink, on verso, lower right corner: MAN RAY - 8 RUE | DU VAL - DE- GRACE | PARIS 5e - FRANCE | DANTON | 92 - 25 Stamp, in black ink, on verso of mount, lower right corner: PHOTOGRAPH | BY MAN RAY.

Provenance

(Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 61, no. 4, 1984, p. 7 (fig. 4).

Schwarz, A. The Rigour of Imagination: Man Ray. Rizzoli, 1977, p. 101 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Man Ray, Mathematical Object, 1936, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, F1983.81.

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