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The egg and the shell
(L'œuf et le coquillage)
(1931)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
24.7 × 19.9 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Miss Flora MacDonald Anderson and Mrs Ethel Elizabeth Ogilvy Lumsden, Found Benefactor, 1983
© Man Ray Trust. ADAGP/Copyright Agency

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
stamped in ink on reverse c.: MAN RAY-8 RUE / DU VAL-DE-GRACE / PARIS 5° - FRANCE / DANTON 92-25
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: Man Ray
stamped in ink on reverse l.c.r.: Reproduc(...illeg.) / sans au (...illeg.) O(...illeg.) écrite / de l'ADAGP / 9 et 11, vue Berryer / PARIS - 8° / 924-03-87
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: 80.2.10.9
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 4 (in a circle)

Accession Number
PH138-1983

Department
International Photography

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