MAN RAY (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as - 1890-1976) and Pierr - Lot 342

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MAN RAY (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as - 1890-1976) and Pierr - Lot 342
MAN RAY (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as - 1890-1976) and Pierre BOST (1901-1975). Electricity. Ten rayograms by Man Ray and a text by Pierre Bost. Paris, Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité, 1931, folio in flap folder with repeated title and initials of Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité, slightly faded. First edition including a card "with the compliments of the Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricité", illustrated with ten photogravures of Man Ray's original rayograms. Of the 10 prints, signed in the negative, 9 are mounted on cardboard along the top edge, of which 4 are presented under captioned serpents (Le Souffle, Lingerie, Cuisine and Electricité) and 5 without serpents, and one print is volant. The set is preceded by one leaf (title) out of 4, with a tiny gap in the inner margin. Edition of 500 copies on Rives (n°406). A work rapidly recognized as a major work worldwide, particularly in the United States.
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