Man Ray
Two Visiting Ladies (Angelica Gainza and Mercedes Doll) Playing Chess with Man Ray's Silver Chess Set in the Artist's Studio, 1928
Signed by the sitters 'Angelica Gainza' (lower left) and 'Mercedes Doll' (lower right) and dated 'November 1928' (lower right); signed 'Man Ray' and annotated 'Paris' (on the mount, lower right); annotated 'Le jeu d'échécs est bien de Man Ray' (on the verso)
Vintage silver print partially mounted on paper
19.1 by 21.6 cm (7½ by 8½ in.)
69052
© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2023
The identities of Angelica Gainza and Mercedes Doll remain a mystery - all that is known of these sitters is their presence in Man Ray’s studio for this portrait.
The identities of Angelica Gainza and Mercedes Doll remain a mystery - all that is known of these sitters is their presence in Man Ray’s studio for this portrait.