MAN RAY (1890–1976) Noire et Blanche
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Noire et Blanche
gelatin silver print
signed and annotated ‘Paris’ by Man Ray (lower right); signed and inscribed ‘La femme aux yeux clos a une grande admiration pour la femme aux yeux ouverts’ by Kiki (lower left); stamped photographer’s Campagne Première credit three times (on the reverse)
Image/sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.8 x 22.8 cm.)
1926
Provenance
Alice Ernestine Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse), Paris (acquired from the artist).
Asta Nielsen, Denmark (acquired from the above).
Hans Henrik Lerfeldts, Denmark (acquired from the Estate of the above, circa 1972); sale, Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 29 September 1992, lot 19.
Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, San Francisco; sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 October 1995, lot 19.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
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MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Noire et Blanche
gelatin silver print
signed and annotated ‘Paris’ by Man Ray (lower right); signed and inscribed ‘La femme aux yeux clos a une grande admiration pour la femme aux yeux ouverts’ by Kiki (lower left); stamped photographer’s Campagne Première credit three times (on the reverse)
Image/sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.8 x 22.8 cm.)
1926
Provenance
Alice Ernestine Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse), Paris (acquired from the artist).
Asta Nielsen, Denmark (acquired from the above).
Hans Henrik Lerfeldts, Denmark (acquired from the Estate of the above, circa 1972); sale, Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 29 September 1992, lot 19.
Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, San Francisco; sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 October 1995, lot 19.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.