Details MAN RAY (1890-1976)Puériculture IIsigned, dated, titled and numbered PUERICULTURE II Man Ray 64 7/12 (on the lower rim)painted bronzeHeight: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)Conceived in 1920 and cast in 1964 Provenance Zabriskie Gallery, New York.Private collection, Maryland.Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston (acquired from the above).Acquired from the above by the present owner, 15 June 1994. Literature J.-H. Martin, Man Ray: Objets de mon affection, Paris, 1983, p. 141, no. 24. Exhibited New York, Zabriskie Gallery, Man Ray: The New York Years, 1913 to 1921, November 1988-January 1989. Post lot text Andrew Strauss and Timothy Baum of the Man Ray Expertise Committee have confirmed the authenticity of this work and that it will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the Objects and Sculptures of Man Ray, currently in preparation. Conditions of sale