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A brush that you can use to aply gold on a object, which Man Ray placed between two plexiglass plates.  
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Man Ray mounted a brush used by craftsmen to apply gold leaf between two plates of plexiglas.
Au poil is another word for ‘perfection’ in french.  
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'Au Poil' in an informal French expression indicating that something had been done perfectly.
But ‘a poil’ also means ‘naked’ where ‘poil’ is a translation for ‘hair’.  
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'Au Poil', on the other hand, means naked and 'poil' means the hair on the head.
This improved ready-made was made in 1971.  
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In 1971 this 'improved' readymade was produced in a limited edition of fifty.
The artwork in Boijmans van Beuningen is one piece of fifty.
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It was Man Ray's last multiple work.
  
  

Revision as of 08:27, 22 September 2014


FANTASTIC FORGERIES /


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


MAN RAY - AU POIL - 1972


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 au poil.jpg


MAN RAY FOR SALE