MAN RAY (1890 1976) Meret Oppenheim

Sale 2135 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 43,200

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Estimate: $ 9,000 - $ 12,000

MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Meret Oppenheim. Silver print, 9 1/4x6 3/4 inches (23.5x17.1 cm.), with Man Ray's signature and date, in pencil, on recto; with the original exhibition label on the back of the frame. 1935

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Purchased from Harry Lunn Gallery in 1972.

The artist Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) burst onto the surrealist scene with her "Le Dejeuner en Fourrure," the fur-covered teacup, saucer, and spoon she made in 1936. Man Ray's photographic studies of Oppenheim were popular images during the 1930s. They represented both the artist's aesthetic exploration of the female nude as well as Oppenheim's belief in the personal freedom women must demand. Later on, during the feminist era, Oppenheim made the famous statement, "Nobody will give you the freedom, you have to take it."