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Art Brokerage loves the work of artist Man Ray. Please submit any work for sale. 6 listings. 1890-1976 - Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitsky in Philadelphiaon August 27, 1890. With bitter memories of teasing at school because of his foreign sounding name, he became Man Ray in his early twenties. At an early age he became adept at building, repairing, inventing and sketching. Refusing a scholarship to study architecture, Man Ray supported himself as a commercial artist and draftsman, while studying art in night classes at various schools in New York. Exposed to Cubism at the 1913 Armory Show, the artist soon incorporated those stylistic elements in his work, met Marcel Duchamp, and bought his first camera. His close friendship with Duchamp, spanning fifty-five years, influenced their respective work and resulted in collaborative creative endeavors. Encouraged by Duchamp, May Ray moved to Paris in 1921, and with the exception of ten years in Hollywood during World War II, he spent the rest of his life there. He joined the Parisian Dada group and then the Surrealists. Possessing an endlessly fertile imagination, Man Ray continued to create new and startling artworks throughout his long career. Always at the forefront of the avant garde, he experimented with every conceivable medium, invented a number of his own and influenced several generations of artists. His major contributions fall into the categories of painting, sculpture and photography, including film. His work included readymades, assisted readymades, and assorted assemblages--often more complex than they seemed--involving complicated puns and hidden implications. His objects, he said, were always "designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify, inspire reflection, but not to arouse admiration for any technical excellence usually sought or valued in objects classified as works of art." Much of his work was developed for its shock value. Some of his objects, destroyed by visitors to their exhibitions, or lost (like Cadeau ), were re-created later. During the six decades of his career, Man Ray had innumerable one-man shows. |
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"Ballade des Dames hurs du Temps"
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"Dame De Trefle Queen of Clubs Black" Limited Edition Print Etching in White Ink on Black Paper 1970 | |
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"Dame De Trefle, Queen of Clubs, White" Limited Edition Print Etching and Pochoir on White Wove Paper 1970 | |
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"Personnage" Limited Edition Print Lithograph 1975 | |
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"Stone" Limited Edition Print Lithograph 1970 | |
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"Suite of 3 Man Ray Erotic Lithographs " Limited Edition Print Lithograph 1965 | |
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"Cafe Man Ray 1948" Sculpture Sculpture, Assemblage on Wood 1974 | Other | Stamped on verso, initialled on original photo | Edition # | 2/9 | Provenance & Extra Info | This sculpture assemblage 2/9 is accompanied by an original vintage b/w photograph depicting one exemplar of the same production, baring on verso same number 2/9 and initialled in pencil MR by Man Ray (see photos 4 and 5). No other editions or proofs (other than the lost or destroyed prototype) were done before or after this one. Purchased from the Galleria il Collezionista d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma, 1986. | Retail Price | $50,000 | Asking Price: $31,300 Purchase / Request More Information | |
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"Pandora (Ava Gardner)" Photograph Vintage Photo 1950 | Other | Stamped MAN RAY PARIS on verso as usual | Edition # | Original | Provenance & Extra Info | A vintage black and white Man Ray's photograph, printed by the artist or under his control, during his life time, portrait of Ava Gardner in a 16th century costume as seen in the film. The photo was bought ca. 20 years ago in a Paris auction. It turned out to be very rare and valuable since only about 3 exemplares of it, printed during the artist lifetime, are known. So this particular photo has been reproduced, in full page, at the end of 2009 on an Italian big and interesting book on portraits in photo history "VOLTI E FIGURE, Il ritratto nella storia della fotografia" ed. Apax libri and Aion Edizioni, Italy (462 pages). | Retail Price | $60,000 | Asking Price: $37,500 Purchase / Request More Information | |
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