MAN RAY, (1890-1976)

La vierge

La vierge
signed and dated 'Man Ray 52' (lower left)
brush, India ink and pencil on pink paper
31.8 x 25.2cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16in).
Executed in 1952

This work will be included in the Catalogue of Works on Paper of Man Ray, currently in preparation by the Man Ray Committee.

Provenance
Galerie Schwarz, Milan (acquired directly from the artist in 1970).
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Hubertus Wald Collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above in September 1987).
Hubertus Wald Charitable Foundation Collection, Hamburg; their sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2012, lot 223.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).

Exhibited
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Man Ray, 60 anni di libertà, June - July 1971, no. 147.
Syracuse, Museo Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo, Man Ray, Disegni, June - July 1985, no. 85.
Madrid, Galería Levy, Man Ray, September - October 1987, no. 25 (later travelled to Madrid & Dusseldorf).
Darmstadt, Kunsthalle, Meret Oppenheim Meets Man Ray, 6 April - 1 June 1997, no. 19 (later travelled to Rotterdam & Wilhelmshaven).