Lot #348: MAN RAY - Lips - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Man Ray (American, 1890 - 1976).
Title: "Lips".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1930. Printed 1934.
Dimensions: Image size: 6 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (162 x 213 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed 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): A close-up of the lips of Lee Miller, the basis of Man Ray's famous and influential painting of the same name. Image copyright © ADAGP/BNF - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. [28976-2-600]