Le Violon d’Ingres print produced under artist’s supervision among broad range of work up for auction in Paris
It is one of the most recognisable images of the surrealist movement: a black-and-white photograph by Man Ray of Kiki de Montparnasse with f-shaped sound holes painted on her back representing a violin.
Elodie Morel-Bazin, the European head of photography at the auctioneers Christie’s, said the range of the work on sale was “marvellous”, adding: “There isn’t any other complete collections representing the whole range of Man Ray’s work like this and it’s the first to be sold by someone who actually knew him.”She said lot 338, the Violon d’Ingres print, which has been given a catalogue estimate of €40,000-€60,000 , was produced under the supervision of Man Ray.
Other photographs being sold include several self-portraits and others featuring major literary and artistic figures including Jean Cocteau, Louis Aragon, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust – on his deathbed – James Joyce, Elsa Schiaparelli and Catherine Deneuve. Meyer was married to Marcel Zerbib, the artist’s editor, close friend and chess partner. “His photographs were highly sought-after, but not his paintings, objects or drawings, and those were the works I really loved and wanted to preserve,”Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, Man Ray established his career in US modernism in the 1910s before moving from New York to Paris a decade later and then splitting his time between the two cities.
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