PROJECT Q1 / FANTASTIC FORGERIES
FANTASTIC FORGERIES / MAN RAY - AU POIL
MAN RAY - AU POIL - 1972
http://collectie.boijmans.nl/nl/collection/mb-1991-8-(mk)
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.
