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Auction Name
Man Ray in the Marion Meyer collection
Auction Date
04/11/2024 - 04/11/2024
Sale Number
#23404
Total Lots
113
Sold Lots
99
Lots Sold
87.61%
Unsold Lots
14
Total Sales (EUR)
959,364.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
740,400.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
1,084,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
845,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
1,244,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
77.08%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
338 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Le Violon d'lngres, 1924

1924 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 151,200.00
349 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Sans titre (Rayographie), 1927

1927 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 100,800.00
332 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Demain

EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 63,000.00
329 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Catherine Deneuve, 1968

1968 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 40,320.00
447 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Sans titre (Rayographie), 1959

1959 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 40,320.00
328 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Lampshade, annees 1940-1950

annees 1940-1950 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
346 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Le manche dans la manche, 1966

1966 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
339 Man Ray (1890-1976)

'Nu descendant un escalier ndeg2' de Marcel Duchamp (1912), 1920

1920 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
434 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Objet mathematique, 'Surfaces algebriques du IVe degre', 1934-1936

1934-1936 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
342 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Groupe surrealiste, c. 1924-1925

c. 1924-1925 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
353 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Louis Aragon, 1922-1923

1922-1923 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
384 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Lise Deharme, 'La Dame de Pique', 1935

1935 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 17,640.00
378 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Resurrections des mannequins. Paris : Jean Petithory, 1966

1966 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
404 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Nusch et Paul Eluard, c. 1935

c. 1935 EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
437 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Autoportrait avant/apres, 1943

1943 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 15,750.00
392 MAN RAY (1890-1976)

Electricite. Dix rayogrammes de Man Ray. Paris : Alb. Jarach et P. Chambry avec la collaboration de M. Grenier, avril 1931.

avril 1931. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
363 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Sans titre (Rayographie), 1926-1928

1926-1928 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
373 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Adrienne Fidelin, c. 1937

c. 1937 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
465 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Mr. and Mrs. Woodman. La Haye : edition Unida, 1970

1970 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
340 Man Ray (1890-1976)

Marcel Duchamp, c. 1941-1945

c. 1941-1945 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,970.00

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