Lot 476

Pair of etchings and acquatint, signed and numbered 74/100 and 77/100. Lot accompanied by export licence. 
9.06 x 6.30 in.

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 300

Lot 477

MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
La nuage aux amoureux

Etching on paper, signed and numbered 14/50. 
25.98 x 20.08 in.

Provenienza/Provenance
Libreria Antiquaria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. 

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 800

Lot 478

JOSÉ GARCÍA ORTEGA 1921-1990
Adán y Eva
Etching and aquatint with blind stamping, signed and numbered 76/150 at the lower margin. 
34.65 x 24.80 in.

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 200 | Sold for : € 175

Lot 479

HANS HARTUNG 1904-1989
Senza titolo

Color lithograph on paper, signed and numbered 32/75. 
22.05 x 17.72 in.

Provenienza/Provenance
Libreria Antiquaria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. 

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 300

Lot 480

LUCIANO MINGUZZI 1911-2004
Bozzetto per una porta del Duomo di Milano
Bronze with patina, signed along the lower margin.
8.46 x 13.19 in.

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.000

Lot 481

UMBERTO MASTROIANNI 1910-1998
Senza titolo
Bronze partially polished, signed. 
9.06 x 9.84 x 3.15 in.

Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 1.200

Lot 482

Self portrait
First English edition of the autobiography of the artist with his corrections and two autograph dedications, one "Pour Juliette" and the other "For Luciano Love Man".
9.25 x 6.30 in.

Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.300

Lot 483

MAN RAY 1890-1976
La Fortune
One page typescript with autograph corrections, date and signature. Unpublished text for the English language that describes a Man Ray's project for a landscape 'The title of this landscape is "La Fortune" in the French sense of the word, which, in addition to its read all

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 950

Lot 484

MAN RAY 1890-1976
The end of painting
Two pages autograph manuscript in blue ink on paper, with some autograph corrections. Unpublished text for the English language, which deals with the inevitability of modern art. 
10.43 x 8.07 in.

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.200 | Sold for : € 1.500

Lot 485

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Thoughts from a secret notebook of Man Ray
Six pages typescript with autograph pen corrections. Unpublished text for the English language.
10.43 x 8.27 in.

Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 500

Lot 486

MAN RAY 1890-1976
La Vierge
Color lithograph, signed and numbered 'Essai', recto. 
14.96 x 11.22 in.

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 500

Lot 487

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Promenade
Colored lithograph on Vélin d'Arches paper, signed and numbered in pencil, E.A. Small marginal tears, slight browning.
19.68 x 14.37 in.

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 2.500

Lot 488

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Figura femminile
Aquatint on paper with full margins, dedicated "A Janus" and signed recto.
13.78 x 9.45 in.

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 600

Lot 489

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Observations
Paper notebook with texts, corrections and some autograph drawings by Man Ray. The work is still unpublished in English.
8.86 x 6.69 in.
Magnificent notebook with important autograph texts ranging from short notes to long and elaborate interventions by the artist on the read all

Starting price: € 15.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 20.000

Lot 490

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Paris, Rue de la Chaise
Vintage gelatin silver print depicting an address dear to the author in the Seventies. On the reverse, signed, dated and autograph inscription in French. 
3.35 x 4.92 in.

Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 10.000

Lot 491

MERET OPPENHEIM 1913-1985
Volto femminile
Color lithograph on cardboard monogrammed on the plate, long autograph note signed by the artist addressed to Janus on the reverse. 
8.19 x 3.94 in.

Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 250 - 350 | Sold for : € 325

Lot 492

Notes II
Paper notebook with numerous annotations and manuscript corrections as well as few small drawings. The text is still unpublished in English.
5.51 x 3.54 in.
Very personal notes written in French and English on art, on crafts, on censorship, on theater and writing but read all

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000

Lot 493

Notes I
Paper notebook with numerous annotations and manuscript corrections of Man Ray. Unpublished text for the English language.
5.51 x 4.33 in.
Full of notes on Surrealism in which he talks about friends Duchamp, Breton, Éluard, Tzara but also Gertrude Stein or Dadaist films. read all

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000

Lot 494

Combat de boxe
Colored etching contained within bifolio with title and explanatory text, produced by Larcos Editions from an original drawing by Marcel Duchamp of 1913, signed in pencil with monogram "MR pour MD" and numbered E.A. Browning and some signs of aging.
20.87 x 14.76 in.
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Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700

Lot 495

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Obstruction
Rare lithograph, signed in pencil with MR monogram and numbered E.A.
17.72 x 22.05 in.
In the Twenties Man Ray created a surrealist sculpture composed of crutches mounted according to a mathematical progression that came to obstruct the space in which it was mounted, one read all

Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 850

Lot 496

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Dragonfly
Pochoir on paper from the "Revolving Doors" series, signed with monogram and numbered 'Essai' on verso, in a metal frame. Browning. 
24.80 x 17.32 in.

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 400 | Sold for : € 650

Lot 497

MAN RAY 1890-1976
L'escalier
Original blue and black ink drawing on notebook paper, signed in monogram lower right depicting an high scale that, in the surrealist style, ends up in a painting. 
8.27 x 5.71 in.

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000

Lot 498

Art is not photography
Eight pages autograph manuscript on paper, written in green ink with some pencil corrections. Unpublished text for the English language, which examines photographic art in its past and future developments.
10.63 x 8.27 in.
“The development of photography in the past read all

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000

Lot 499

MAN RAY 1890-1976
Inspiralation
Gelatin silver print on Kodak paper that illustrates a 1942 photograph by Man Ray within its vintage frame. On the reverse signed autograph inscription: 'Dear Janus, It's not very clear but its funny. Man Ray. Juliet. California'.
4.92 x 3.35 in.

Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 10.000

Lot 500

Cartolina da Hammamet
Autograph postcard signed and addressed to 'Mr. Janus', dated '24 -7-72'. The artist writes to his friend from Turin that the Grand Hotel de France depicted on the back of the postcard 'ce n'est pas notre hotel - c'est pour les antiquaires'. 
3.35 x 5.51 in.
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Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 200