21. 21AR MAN RAY (1890-1976) Au poil signed, inscribed and numbered '...Au poil 40/50 Man Ray' (on pink paper); stamp 'Cleton. Paris' (on pink paper on reverse) gilding brush, badger hair and pink paper mounted between two sheets of Plexiglas Executed in 1971 in an edition of 50 copies plus artist's proofs, published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to accompany the deluxe publication of the Galleria Schwarz exhibition catalogue: Man Ray 60 anni di libertà, 1971. signed, inscribed and numbered '...Au poil 40/50 Man Ray' (on the pink paper); stamped 'Cleton. Paris' (on the pink paper on reverse) gilder's dusting brush, badger's hair and pink paper mounted between two sheets of Perspex Executed in 1971 in an edition of 50 examples plus artist's proofs, published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to accompany the deluxe publication of the Galleria Schwarz exhibition catalogue: Man Ray 60 anni di libertà, 1971. Pexiglas : 24 x 17.3 cm. Perspex : 9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in. Brush : 10 x 8 cm. Brush : 3 15/16 x 3 1/8 in. Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work under reference 00414-O-2024, and that the edition of this work will be included in the Catalogue of Man Ray's Objects and Sculptures, currently in preparation. Provenance Sale, Aste di Antiquariato Boetto, Geneva, 18 April 2023, lot 139. Private collection, France. Bibliography J.-H. Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann (eds.), Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, sculptures et objets, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, no. 181, p. 157.