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BEN (BEN VAUTIER) (1935 - )
Le voyeur. Spy hole mounted in a found pine box with paper collage, acrylic and canvas. 50x175x75 mm; 2x6 7/8x3 inches. Titled in acrylic on the lid. 1997.
After the same-titled object by Man Ray (1890-1976), a 1965 example of which is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
This work is registered under number 10415 of the artist's forthcoming catalogue raisonné and in the artist's archives held by Eva Vautier.
Exhibited: "Sur le moment," Galerie Soardi, Nice, 1997 (as part of an installation with Bruno Pélassy entitled Safari Rave Photos); "Il n'y a pas de photos ratées," Maison Européenne de la Photographie (M.E.P.), Paris, March 17-August 30, 1997; "Don't Look at this Photo," Zabriskie Gallery, New York, October 13-December 5, 1998.
