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Man Ray — Rayograph (Dead Leaf)
Man Ray

Rayograph (Dead Leaf)

A Rayograph by Man Ray featuring a dead leaf, created through his signature photogram technique without a camera. This unique gelatin silver print represents the experimental photographic processes Man Ray pioneered.

Medium
unique gelatin silver print, initialed in pencil on the image, the photographer's 'Photograph Man Ray' and '8 rue du Val-de-Grace, Paris France' studio stamps (Manford M25 and M44) on the reverse, circa 1928, printed circa 1940

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Classic Photographs

September 26, 2022

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 19

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Man Ray, Rayograph (Dead Leaf)

A Rayograph by Man Ray featuring a dead leaf, created through his signature photogram technique without a camera. This unique gelatin silver print represents the experimental photographic processes Man Ray pioneered.

Medium
unique gelatin silver print, initialed in pencil on the image, the photographer's 'Photograph Man Ray' and '8 rue du Val-de-Grace, Paris France' studio stamps (Manford M25 and M44) on the reverse, circa 1928, printed circa 1940
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Photogram, Gelatin Silver Print, Modernism, Rayograph, Experimental Photography, Abstract

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