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Man Ray
Smoking Device
Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000
Sold For
£21,250
Lot Details
1961
Multiple comprised of plastic hose pipe, wooden test tube stand, and 12 glass marbles.
21.5 x 22 x 7.5 cm (8 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered '(No 1-59)' in black marker on the underside, the second prototype of two (the edition was 10, executed in 1970).
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This work is one of two prototypes constructed by Man Ray before the later edition executed by Studio Marconi in 1970, distinguishable by the colour of the plastic tubing.
Provenance
Exhibited
Literature