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''MAN RAY - AU POIL - 1972''
 
''MAN RAY - AU POIL - 1972''
  
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http://collectie.boijmans.nl/nl/collection/mb-1991-8-(mk)
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[[File:Man ray au poil.jpg | 500px]]
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Year/ 1971
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Location/ this object is on view in room 35
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Type of object/ ready-made
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Accession number/ MB 1991/8 (MK)
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Dimensions/ 24,7 x 17,1 x 23 cm
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Material and technique/ hair, paper, stamp-pad ink, perspex, metal
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Purchase/ 1991
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Collection/ Modern
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ArtExhibitions/ Surrealisme (2013)
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Research/ Digitising Contemporary Art
  
material/technique: hair, paper, stamp-pad ink, perspex, metal
 
  
type of object: ready-made
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Man Ray mounted a brush used by craftsmen to apply gold leaf between two plates of plexiglas.
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'Au Poil' in an informal French expression indicating that something had been done perfectly.
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'Au Poil', on the other hand, means naked and 'poil' means the hair on the head.
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In 1971 this 'improved' readymade was produced in a limited edition of fifty.
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It was Man Ray's last multiple work.
  
dimensions: 24,7 x 17,1 x 23 cm
 
  
  
A brush that you can use to aply gold on a object, which Man Ray placed between two plexiglass plates.
 
Au poil is another word for ‘perfection’ in french.
 
But ‘a poil’ also means ‘naked’ where ‘poil’ is a translation for ‘hair’.
 
This improved ready-made was made in 1971.
 
The artwork in Boijmans van Beuningen is one piece of fifty. 
 
  
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''[[MAN RAY BIOGRAPHY]]''
  
[[File:Man ray au poil.jpg | 500px]]
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''[[MAN RAY AU POIL RESEARCH]]''
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''[[MAN RAY FOR SALE]]''
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''[[MAN RAY 'AU POIL' VERSIONS]]''
  
  
  
''[[MAN RAY - AU POIL / FOR SALE]]''
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[[''GOLD / FUNCTION OF THE GOLD LEAFS BRUSH'']]

Latest revision as of 07:58, 1 October 2014


FANTASTIC FORGERIES / MAN RAY - AU POIL


MAN RAY - AU POIL - 1972

http://collectie.boijmans.nl/nl/collection/mb-1991-8-(mk)


Man ray au poil.jpg


Year/ 1971

Location/ this object is on view in room 35

Type of object/ ready-made

Accession number/ MB 1991/8 (MK)

Dimensions/ 24,7 x 17,1 x 23 cm

Material and technique/ hair, paper, stamp-pad ink, perspex, metal

Purchase/ 1991

Collection/ Modern

ArtExhibitions/ Surrealisme (2013)

Research/ Digitising Contemporary Art


Man Ray mounted a brush used by craftsmen to apply gold leaf between two plates of plexiglas. 'Au Poil' in an informal French expression indicating that something had been done perfectly. 'Au Poil', on the other hand, means naked and 'poil' means the hair on the head. In 1971 this 'improved' readymade was produced in a limited edition of fifty. It was Man Ray's last multiple work.



MAN RAY BIOGRAPHY


MAN RAY AU POIL RESEARCH


MAN RAY FOR SALE


MAN RAY 'AU POIL' VERSIONS


''GOLD / FUNCTION OF THE GOLD LEAFS BRUSH''