Surrealist artist Man Ray’s original photograph of a nude woman, whose back is adorned with violin markings that emphasize her hourglass figure, is heading to auction this spring.
Christie’s intends to ask at least $5 million for 1924’s “Le Violon d’Ingres,” a record asking price for any photograph. The current auction record for a photograph is held by Andreas Gursky’s $4.3 million “Rhein II,” a 1999 river view sold by Christie’s in 2011.
