Self Portrait - Hardcover

Ray, Man

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821217054 ISBN 13: 9780821217054

Publisher: Bulfinch Press,U.S., 1988

Synopsis

Published to coincide with a major touring exhibition organized by the National Museum of American Art, the book contains never-before-seen and seldom-shown works as well as many popular ones. A new afterword by Juliet Man Ray is included. 205 duotone and 35 color illustrations.

About this title

Review:

MAN RAY, masculine noun, synonymous with joy, to play, to enjoy (Marcel Duchamp)

About the Author:

Born Emmanuel Radnitzky (1890-1976), Man Ray grew up in America but spent the greater part of his life as an emigre in Paris. Man Ray's art ranges from painting, sculpture, collage, constructed objects and photography. Beginning in 1921, he received hundreds of commissions for portraits and commercial work which were featured in publications such as Vogue, Vu, Harper's Bazaar and Vanity Fair. He was an American, but worked in Paris from 1921 to 1940, when Duchamp, Stieglitz, Picasso and Dali were among his colleagues. A member of the Dada art movement and the only American member of the Paris Surrealist movement, Man Ray considered himself an artist and thought of photography as a medium of artistic expression when used for more than reproduction. In describing his work, Man Ray once said, 'I paint what can not be photographed. I photograph what I do not wish to paint.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Bulfinch Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0821217054
• ISBN 13: 9780821217054
• Binding: Hardcover