1964
Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, Man Ray was a famous American filmmaker, painter and photographer. His career is distinctive, above all, for the success he achieved in both the United States and Europe. First maturing at the center of American modernism in the 1910s, he made Paris his home in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s, he crossed the Atlantic once again and spent periods in New York and Hollywood.
Ray’s art spanned painting, sculpture, film, prints and poetry, and in his long career, he worked in styles influenced by Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine art and came to be a sought-after fashion photographer. Ray is perhaps most remembered for his photographs of the inter-war years, in particular, the camera-less pictures he called "Rayographs," but he always regarded himself first and foremost as a painter. Although he matured as an abstract painter, Ray eventually disregarded the traditional superiority painting held over photography and happily moved between different forms. Dada and Surrealism were important in encouraging this attitude; they also persuaded him that the idea that motivates a work of art was more important than the work of art itself.
André Breton once described Ray as a pre-Surrealist, something which accurately describes his natural affinity for the style. Even before the movement had coalesced, in the mid-1920s, his work, influenced by Marcel Duchamp, had Surrealist undertones. He would continue to draw on the movement's ideas throughout his life. Ray's work has ultimately been very important in popularizing Surrealism.
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Signed 1964 Surrealist Lithograph, Framed, 33x25 cm
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
The Absolute Real is a lithograph realized by Man Ray in 1964. Hand-singed in pencil by the Artist. Lithograph in Red Ink, 1964. Published by Schwarz, the lithograph is part of th...
Paper, Lithograph
Life - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1964
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Life is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Man Ray (1890 – 1976) in 1964, as part of the suite of illustrations for the volume "The Absolute Real", by the same Man Ray and ...
Lithograph
The Absolute Real Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1964, Unframed
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
The Absolute Real is a lithograph realized by Man Ray in 1964. Hand-singed in pencil by the Artist. Lithograph in Red Ink, 1964. Published by Schwarz, the lithograph is part of th...
Paper, Lithograph
L'Origine des Espèces par Voie de Selection... - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1972
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on vellum. Artist proof out of an edition of 180. Hand signed in pencil. Published: XXe Siècle, Paris, Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Leon Amiel, New York. Arches map, ...
Lithograph
Untitled Etching by Man Ray, Surrealist, Signed, Edition 13/100
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Man Ray (1890 - 1976) in 1970. Etching and aquatint from the series Les Anatomes. Aquatint etching on lana paper. Hand signed and numbered. Edition 13/100. Image 43 x 31.8 cm; Sheet 66 x 50.8 cm. Ref. Anselmino 70. Very Good condition. Man Ray was born in Philadelphia into a family of Russian immigrants of Jewish origin. He grew up in New York where he completed his studies. Here he works in 1908 as a draftsman and graphic designer. In 1912 he began to sign his works with the pseudonym "Man Ray", which means ray man. He buys his first camera in 1914, to photograph his works of art. In 1915 the collector Walter Conrad Arensberg presented it to Marcel Duchamp, with whom he would become a great friend. The three founded the Society of Independent Artists. In 1919 he painted his first airbrushes, images produced with an airbrush, a commonly used retouching tool for a graphic designer. In New York, with Marcel Duchamp he formed the American branch of the Dada movement which began in Europe as a radical rejection of traditional art, but was not very successful. In 1921 Duchamp returned to Paris and Man Ray followed him. In Paris Duchamp introduced him to the most influential artists of France, including André Breton and Philippe Soupault. Soupault hosted the first exhibition of Man Ray in his library, where the famous work Cadeau was exhibited. Man Ray's Parisian success is due to his skill as a photographer, especially as a portraitist. Famous artists of the time, such as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau and many others, posed in front of his camera. In 1922 Man Ray produced his first frames, which he called rayographs (rayographies), or photographic images obtained by placing objects directly on sensitive paper. in 1924 surrealism was officially born, Man Ray was the first surrealist photographer. The production of his research work goes hand in hand with the publication of his fashion photographs in Vogue. He falls in love with the famous French singer Alice Prin...
Etching
Trasfiguration d'un Cactus - Etching by Man Ray - 1960s
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Color etching and aquatint realized in 1969/71. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 99. Published by Georges Visat, Paris. Ref. Anselmino 29E Very good condition.
Etching
Imagination Subversion - Original handsigned lithograph
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man Ray (Emmanuel RADNITZKY called) Imagination - Subversion, 1972 Original lithograph (pinted in Atelier Clot, Bramsen and Georges) Handsigned in pencil Unumbered from a total edit...
Lithograph
Anatoms, Flexibility - Original Signed Etching
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man RAY (1890–1976) Anatoms, Flexibility, 1970 Original aquatint engraving Signed in pencil Numbered /25 copies On Lana vellum, 66 x 51 cm (25.98 x 20 in) INFORMATION : This engrav...
Etching
Anatoms, Solitude et réflexion - Original Signed Etching
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man RAY (1890–1976) Anatoms, Solitude, and Reflection, 1970 Original aquatint engraving Signed in pencil Numbered /25 copies On Lana vellum, 66 x 51 cm (25.98 x 20 in) INFORMATION ...
Etching
signed original lithograph
By Man Ray
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 on Rives wove paper at the atelier Clot, Bramsen et Georges and published by Philippe Lebaud in a limited edition of 190 for the "Variati...
Lithograph
Anatoms, Balance and Lightness - Original Signed Etching
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man RAY (1890–1976) Anatoms, Balance and Lightness, 1970 Original aquatint engraving Signed in pencil Numbered /25 copies On Lana vellum, 66 x 51 cm (25.98 x 20 in) INFORMATION : T...
Etching
Body Momentum - Original Signed Etching
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man RAY (1890–1976) Body Momentum, 1970 Original aquatint engraving Signed in pencil Numbered /25 copies On Lana vellum, 66 x 51 cm (25.98 x 20 in) INFORMATION : This engraving is ...
Etching
Donated by John Pritzker, the collection includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and more.
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