La photographie n'est pas l'art... avant-propos de André Breton, FIRST EDITION, [Paris], G.L.M., 1937 — MAN RAY

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Estimate: £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,058–$1,588
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 27 March 2019
Record ID: TB-2026-763653
Record: first seen 22 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Man Ray, La photographie n'est pas l'art... avant-propos de André Breton, FIRST EDITION, [Paris], G.L.M., 1937. Bonhams, 27 Mar 2019, lot 214. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763653.

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Man Ray, La photographie n'est pas l'art... avant-propos de André Breton, FIRST EDITION, [Paris], G.L.M., 1937. Bonhams, 27 Mar 2019, lot 214. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-763653.

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From the same sale Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Historical Photographs · Mar 2019

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the Reverse of Sporting P…	Alken	£600–£800
ANGLING TAVERNER (ERIC) Trout Fishing from All Angles, A Complete Gui…	Angling Taverner	£600–£800
Monasticon Anglicanum. A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries,…	Dugdale	£800–£1,200
MEDICINE, ASTRONOMY, PHILOSOPHY & LAW Collection of twenty, mostly ei…	Medicine, Astronomy, Philosophy & Law Collection Of Twenty, Mostly Eighteenth Century, Manuscript Notebooks On Various Subjects, Covering Astronomy, Medicine And Pathology, Physics, Philosophy And Natural Philosophy, Teachings On Christianity, Jurisprudence And Politics, Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century	£2,500–£3,500
Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio. Raccolti ed illustrati d…	Palladio	£1,000–£2,000
Collection of four documents pertaining to the settlement and adminis…	Scotland	£1,000–£1,500

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