silver gelatin prints
sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Price Realized:
$4,375
Includes buyer's premium
a double lenticular object featuring two Man Ray portraits of Duchamp, one as his alter-ego Rrose Sélavy
frame dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 3 inches, Plexiglas shadow box
Property from the Estate of Rosa and Aaron Esman
overall good condition, with some gentle toning, one panel with minor separating
Throughout their seventy-year marriage Rosa and Aaron Esman shared passion for the arts amassed into an exciting collection of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art. Rosa owned several art galleries including Tanglewood Gallery and Rosa Esman Gallery, and was a founding partner of Ubu Gallery. She was a pioneer print publisher of limited edition artworks while at Tanglewood Press, Original Editions, and Abrams Original Editions.
Dr. Aaron Esman was a lover of books, classical and jazz performances, and theater. He was deeply fascinated by the human mind as a psychiatrist and its connections to creativity and often wrote on the subject. Together the Esman’s built a rich collection of art influenced by their shared and individual passions full of Modernism, Dada, Russian Constructivism, and American Pop Art.
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