Lot #2329: MAN RAY - Jacqueline Goddard, Nude - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Man Ray (American, 1890 - 1976).
Title: "Jacqueline Goddard, Nude [solarization]".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1930. Printed 1934.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (286 x 221 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $225
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $300/400
Lot Note(s): Signed "Man Ray" in the negative, lower right; stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): Very scarce. According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” there have been only four sales of a silver print of this image in the past 35 years. The auction record is $374,500 realized at Sotheby's, New York, 10/14/2008, lot #21. This image was originally created by Man Ray in 1930 as a color solarization portrait. In 1932 he detailed the image and created another color solarization portrait, from which the black and white photogravure is derived. See: wwwmanraytrust.com, pgs.20 & 27. Image copyright © ADAGP/BNF - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. [811-2-225-NA]