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Offered at auction
The magnet / Compass
Man Ray (American, 1890–1976) · 1920
Offered at auction, result not published
Estimate €2,000 – €3,000 (≈ $2,853 – $4,280) (≈ £1,734 – £2,601)
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Paintings all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media and assemblaggio on panel”
- Support
- Panel
- Edition
- EA
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 49,5x34,5 cm
- Auction house
- Farsettiarte
- Sale
- Asta di Arte Moderna (auction-0156-1)
- Date
- May 28, 2011
- Location
- Prato, Italy
- Lot
- 11
- Estimate
- €2,000 – €3,000 (≈ $2,853 – $4,280) (≈ £1,734 – £2,601)
- Source
- Auction house farsettiarte.it ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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