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Man Ray
Smoking Device
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).
Full-Cataloguing
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.