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MAN RAY (1890-1976)
A l'heure de l'observatoire - Les amoureux
lithograph in colours, 1970, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 125/150, published by J. Petithory, Paris
Image 354 x 894 mm.
Sheet 676 x 1041 mm.
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Anselmino 15
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A l'Heure de l'observatoire les amoureux (Observatory Time the Lovers) is one of Man Ray’s most celebrated images. This lithograph is based on the painting of the same name which was executed from 1932-34. Depicting the lips of the photographer Lee Miller, floating in a sky above the Paris observatory, the painting was made in response to the ending of their relationship in 1932, and has become an icon of surrealism.

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