Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗L’Enigme d’Isidore Ducasse (The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse), 1920
Photograph
Phillips · Oct 8, 2026$9,675 ≈ £7,327 ≈ €8,649Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Proverb
Man Ray (American, 1890–1976) · 1973
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $12,769 – $19,154) (≈ €11,752 – €17,629)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “Bronze multiple with silver rod, mounted on wooden base”
- Edition
- 6/9
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 15.3 x 15 cm (12 3/4 x 6 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (UK030324)
- Date
- June 6, 2024
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 159
- Estimate
- £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $12,769 – $19,154) (≈ €11,752 – €17,629)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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