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MAN RAY (American, 1890-1976) STUDY OF AN INTERIOR vintage gelatin silver print 69/16 x 49/16 in. (1

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MAN RAY (American, 1890-1976) STUDY OF AN INTERIOR vintage gelatin silver print 69/16 x 49/16 in. (1
MAN RAY (American, 1890-1976) STUDY OF AN INTERIOR vintage gelatin silver print 69/16 x 49/16 in. (16.7 x 11.6 cm) 1930 ESTIMATE: $10,000-15,000 PROVENANCE L' Atelier Man Ray, PARIS Sotheby's LONDON, Sale Number 5173, March 22 & 23, 1995, Lot 381 LITERATURE MAN RAY PHOTOGRAPHS 1920-1934, NEW YORK, 1975, p. 6 (illustrated) MAN RAY, Paris, 1988, pl. 9 (illustrated) MAN RAY, Tokyo, 1990-1991, p. 50, no. 31 (illustrated) MAN RAY 1890-1976, Antwerp, 1994, no. 70 (illustrated) In this formal composition of Man Ray's studio, we see the artist's Gens du Monde (1929) painting hanging on the far wall. This is the only hint of the artist's presence in his empty, starkly designed studio. The rounded contours in the painting generate a visual dialogue with the linear grid of the table in the foreground. The composition is beautifully subdivided by simple geometric forms, and a contrast of light and shadow.