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Photographs by Man Ray: 105 Works, 1920-1934
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #257348 in Books
- Published on: 1980-01-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
Editorial Reviews
Language Notes
Text: English, French, German
Customer Reviews
Definitely not an "Object to be Destroyed"
Man Ray was a superbly inventive photographer able to ignore the borders bewtween art & commercial photography. Originally published in 1934 as "Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934," this collection is an excellent look at his photo work during his most adventurous years. The book is divided into five sections: general subjects; the female figure; women's faces; celebrity portraits; rayographs.
Man Ray's female figures are an offbeat take on the male gaze in which the processes are as sexy as the women. Along with his female faces, they demonstrate why Man Ray was much in demand by fashionable magazines. The "celebrity" portraits are of his fellow male artists & writers, with the exception of Gertrude Stein - who can hardly be glamorized anyway. The rayographs were created by placing objects directly on film, but the experimental nature of Man Ray's art is seen throughout this inexpensive book from Dover Publications. Picasso, Eluard, Breton, Tzara & Rrose Selavy a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp contributed texts. Highly recommended.
Bob Rixon
Love this book!
As with so many Dover books, 105 Works is a great bargain
