Man Ray friend to sell collection of 200 works including ‘iconic’ image

Le Violon d’Ingres print produced under artist’s supervision among broad range of work up for auction in Paris

It is one of the most recognisable images of the surrealist movement: a black-and-white photograph by Man Ray of Kiki de Montparnasse with f-shaped sound holes painted on her back representing a violin.

Le Violon d’Ingres, which was produced in 1924 and signed by the US artist, set a record for the most expensive photograph when it sold for $12.4m (£9.8m) at auction in New York in 2022.