MAN RAY (1890-1976) Jeu d'échecs
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Jeu d'échecs, 1972
The complete chess set comprising 16 red and 16 silver anodized aluminum chess pieces with acrylic chessboard with aluminum frame, inscribed with the artist's initials 'MR' on the red king and numbered 22/25 (there were also 3 artist's proofs).
Chess pieces various
Chessboard: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1/2 in (34.3 x 34.3 x 1.3 cm)
Provenance
Fred Hughes Collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.
Literature
B. Hermann, J.-M. Huber & R. Krauss, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 161 (another set illustrated).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Jeu d'échecs, 1972
The complete chess set comprising 16 red and 16 silver anodized aluminum chess pieces with acrylic chessboard with aluminum frame, inscribed with the artist's initials 'MR' on the red king and numbered 22/25 (there were also 3 artist's proofs).
Chess pieces various
Chessboard: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1/2 in (34.3 x 34.3 x 1.3 cm)
Provenance
Fred Hughes Collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000.
Literature
B. Hermann, J.-M. Huber & R. Krauss, Man Ray, Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 161 (another set illustrated).
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