Lot 308
Self Portrait with Half Beard, Hollywood
Passed
Est $10,000 - $15,000
Live Auction
PHOTOGRAPHS
ARTIST
Man Ray
Size
7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (18.1 x 13.3 cm)
Description

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Signature
'Photograph by Man Ray' and 'Man Ray Trust Archive' stamps (Manford M25 and M48), and signed, annotated 'Man Ray in Hollywood' and 'Please return to me' by Juliet Man Ray in pencil on the verso.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, Paris By descent to Juliet Man Ray, the artist’s widow, Paris The Man Ray Trust, New York Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2017
Literature
The Toyko Shimbun, Photographies de Man Ray, p. 45, pl. 9 Baldwin, Man Ray, American Artist, p. 261 (variant) Francis Naumann Fine Art, Man Ray: Continued and Noticed, p. 78, pl. 55 Klein, Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, p. 161, fig. 29