Man Ray (American, 1890-1976). Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934 Paris, 1934. 4to, publisher's comb-bound pictorial wrappers...

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Man Ray (American, 1890-1976)
Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934 Paris, 1934
4to, publisher's comb-bound pictorial wrappers
12-1/4 x 10 inches (31.1 x 25.4 cm)
Signed and inscribed by Man Ray to Slim Aarons, "For Rita for Slim, as easy as hand to mouth, Man Ray, Paris, 1956. Illustrated with 104 heliogravures after Man Ray's rayographs, portraits, nudes, abstractions, and solarized images. With a portrait by Picasso. Texts by André Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Sélavy, and Tristan Tzara. With fictitious second edition page. Hartford, CT and New York: James Thrall Soby and Random House.

The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver.

A great association copy. Slim Aarons is known to have photographed Man Ray in his Paris studio in 1956.


More information about Ray, Man. See also: Radenski, Emmanuel, Rudnitsky, Emmanuel, Rudnitzky, Emmanuel, Radnitzky, Emmanuel Artist.



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