Man Ray originally made this work for a photograph. The object was lost and in 1971 he made this new version. The mysterious object has an equally mysterious title, which refers to the author Isidor Ducasse, who worked under the pseudonym Comte de Lautréamont. He wrote one of the surrealists' favourite books: 'Les Chants de Maldoror' (1869). They saw this strange and unfathomable book as a kind of manifesto. It was a source of titles for several surrealist works.
Specifications
| Title | L'enigme d'Isidore Ducasse |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Wood, fabric, rope, cardboard, metal, offset on paper and invisible object |
| Object type |
Sculpture
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 60 cm Height Error: 45,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Depth 24 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Man Ray
Publisher: Galleria Schwarz |
| Accession number | BEK 1491 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1972 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1972 |
| Creation date | in 1920 (1971) |
| Entitled parties | © Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2018 |
| Provenance | Artist’s proof from an edition of 10 copies and 3 artist’s proofs, published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan 1971; artist’s collection, 1972 |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam/Paris/Humlebaek 1971-72; Berlin/London 1993; Antwerp 1994; London 1995; Drachten 1998; London/New York 2001-02; Paris/Düsseldorf 2002; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-2008; Rotterdam 2013-14a; Rotterdam 2014b; Rotterdam 2017b |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) Brancusi, Rosso, Man Ray - Framing Sculpture (2014) Een paraplu, een naaimachine en een ontleedtafel. Surrealisme à la Dalí in Rotterdam. (2013) Alles kids (2016) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Collectie - surrealisme (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance (2016) Dal nulla al sogno (2018) Surrealist Art - Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) A Surreal Shock – Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2021) Only the Marvelous is Beautiful (2022) A Surreal Shock. Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) IMAGINE! 100 Years of International Surrealism (2024) Dalí, Magritte, Man Ray and Surrealism. Highlights from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2023) |
| Research |
Show research Digitising Contemporary Art Show research A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
| Literature | New York/Los Angeles/Chicago 1968, p. 31, fig. 32; Rotterdam/Paris/Humlebaek 1971-72, p. 144, cat. no. 143; Munich 1973-74, p. 203, cat. no. 81; Penrose 1975, p. 178; Schwarz 1977, pp. 283-84; Man Ray 1980, pp. 180-181, cat. no. 6; Man Ray/Martin 1983, cat. no. 27; Drachten 1998, cat. no. 20; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-08, pp. 262-63, cat. no. 5; Rotterdam 2007, pp. 36-37; Kamien-Kazhdan 2012, p. 109; Rotterdam 2014, pp. 208-09, cat. no. 42 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Offset print
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
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