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"Les Boucles" earrings

Designed by: Man Ray (American, 1890–1976)
Made by: GEM Montebello (active 1967–1978)
1973
Object Place: Milan, Italy

Medium/Technique 18 kt gold
Dimensions Overall (Each earring): 8.9 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (3 1/2 x 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.464.1-2
NOT ON VIEW

Description18 kt gold spiral earrings, 8 of an edition of 12
Signed Man Ray 73
Marks GM 5/12
ProvenanceSkinner Auctioneers, Sale 1403, Lot 160; Daphne Farago, September 15, 1991 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
Copyright© 2011 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
GianCarlo Montebello curator of the GEM MONTEBELLO Archives