Gathers portraits, fashion photographs, still lifes, nudes, landscapes, and abstract photographs by Ray and includes essays that explain his theory of photography
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Seller: DO NOT START, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition folio of just over 12 inches tall. Very good condition with lightl shelf wear to dust jacket. Blue cloth hardcover with the Publishers fish logo stamped in silver on the front cover and silver printing on the spine. 347 duotone plates of photographs by Man Ray, along with three texts and an introduction by Jean-Hubert Martin. Iconic artist of the Dada movement, Man Ray began photography originally as a way to record his paintings, and it became an art form for him in its own right. These include portraits of many famous people of his time, including Erik Satie, Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude Stein, Andre Breton and others, along with nudes and his photos using light effects outside of the camera, rayographs, Cliche-verres and solarizations. Man Ray was a very versatile artist known for his paintings, sculptures and photographs, as well as writing and film making. Seller Inventory # ABE-1789645169499
Seller: Heights Catalogues, Books, Comics, New York, NY, U.S.A.
HEPH998768 Man Ray: Photographs, Man Ray Photos & 3 Texts, Man Ray & Jean-Hubert Martin Introduction, 1981 & 1982 Phillippe Sers editeur, Paris, 1st Great Britain Publication Thames & Hudson 1982, hc w dj, 12.125"x8.5", 256 pages 347 duotones Very slight soiling to covers, .25" top of flap yellowed, sticker at bottom back flap, otherwise like new. Seller Inventory # HEPH998768
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Paperback, illustrated with numerous (full page) b/w photographs, 4to.; Spine and edges cover yellowed. Seller Inventory # 359492-KE36
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 255 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes: "Based on an exhibition of Man Ray photographs, held at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, from December 1981 to April 1982". Includes index. Contents: Introduction / Jean-Hubert Martin -- Man Ray and the avant-garde / Philippe Sers -- Photography as consolation / Herbert Molderins -- Classic images -- In Man Ray's century / Janus -- Photography is not art / Man Ray -- Photography can be art / Man Ray -- Interview with Man Ray -- The Dada and Surrealist scene -- Intimacy and eroticism -- The enigma of things -- Behind the facade -- A fashionable photographer. Subjects: Man Ray 1890-1976; Exhibitions; Radnitzky, Emanuel; Photography, Artistic; Photography - 20th Century; American photography 1900-1950; Collections from individual artists. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 390804
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
blue & silver gilt cloth hardbound folio. (very large, coffee table size. (8.5" x 12") priority or int'l. shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. fine cond. nice clean copy. binding square & tight. one faint spot on front, othw. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's name in ink on fr. flyleaf, othw. contents free of all markings. dustwr. near fine cond.,missing tiny piece along top of spine, tear & wrinkle to rear bottom corner, minor chipping at corners & spine bottom. othw. clean, not soiled, scratched or rubbed, not price clipped. first edition. (FPu USA1982) first printing (nap). b&w photo endpapers. b&w photo. self portrait frontis. 256p. chronology. index. ".based on an exhibition of Man Ray photographs held at the Centre National d'Art et De Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, from December 1981 to April 1982.which Jean Martin organized. Besides many classic images, the book includes a huge number of photographs that have never been seen before, including portraits of Virginia Woolf and of Antonin Artaud and a large selection of erotic pictures. " Essays by Philippe Sers & Herbert Molderings, also .Interview with Man Ray, Photography Is Not Art by Man Ray & Photography Can Be Art by Man Ray. The Dada And Surrrealist Scene. art history. art. surrealism. dada. modern literature. modern art. erotica. photography. cliche'~verres. rayographs. solarizations. sculpture. cinematography. contains some female nudity. Seller Inventory # 3061005
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
4to. 8.5 x 12.25 in. 255, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 346 photo illustrations throughout. Blue publisher's cloth, silver publisher's logo front cover, silver lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art photo of Marcel Duchamp by Man Ray (minor edgewear), still NF/NF copy, from the library of Los Angeles photographer Bill Bronstein (b. 1949). First U.S. edition of this richly illustrated work issued in conjunction with the 1981 Man Ray exhibit at the Pompidou Centre in Paris tracing his brilliant and influential oevre of work, including portraits of Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Antonin Artaud, and much of his erotica. Seller Inventory # 63686
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 255 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes: "Based on an exhibition of Man Ray photographs, held at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, from December 1981 to April 1982". Includes index. Contents: Introduction / Jean-Hubert Martin -- Man Ray and the avant-garde / Philippe Sers -- Photography as consolation / Herbert Molderins -- Classic images -- In Man Ray's century / Janus -- Photography is not art / Man Ray -- Photography can be art / Man Ray -- Interview with Man Ray -- The Dada and Surrealist scene -- Intimacy and eroticism -- The enigma of things -- Behind the facade -- A fashionable photographer. Subjects: Man Ray 1890-1976; Exhibitions; Radnitzky, Emanuel; Photography, Artistic; Photography - 20th Century; American photography 1900-1950; Collections from individual artists. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 390804
Seller: Warwick Books, member IOBA, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first American edition. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Includes 347 duotone plates of Man Ray's work. The book is based on an exhibition held at the Pompidou Centre. Translated from the French by Carolyn Breakspear. 4to. 256 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. Laid in is a slim catalogue, "Man Ray, Photographies Des Annees 20 et 30: Exposition du 17 Mai au 30 Juin 1977" in near fine condition, as well as a postcard of Man Ray's photo, "Self-Portrait with Camera, 1932." Book weighs nearly four pounds and will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S. Seller Inventory # 95587
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Man Ray (illustrator). 1st Edition. First US edition / First printing. Blue cloth. 256 pages. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Based on an exhibition at the Pompidou Center from December 1981 to April 1982. Seller Inventory # 18922
Seller: BUCHSERVICE / ANTIQUARIAT Lars Lutzer, Wahlstedt, Germany
Softcover. Condition: gut. 1982. Man Ray: Photographs In englischer Sprache. pages. Seller Inventory # BN435428