MAN RAY (1890-1976) Paperweight À Priape, 1972 Marble sculpture in four parts. Monogrammed and numbered 218/500 on the base H. 52 cm Provenance : - Collection Jacques Putman, Paris - Collection Andrée Putman, Paris - Private collection, Paris Related bibliography : - J-H Martin, B. Hermann, R. Krauss, Objets de mon affection, Man Ray, sculptures et objets, catalog raisonné, Paris 1983, n° 23 (the catalogued edition) - Kishin Shinoyama, Man Ray's Atelier, Art Vivant, Tokyo 1985, p. 8, illustrated - Man Ray - La costruzione dei sensi, Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 1995-1996, p. 178, illustrated - Man Ray, Halmstad, Mjelby Konstmuseum, 2013, p. 46, illustrated Note: Edition produced at 350 copies out of the 500 planned

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