| ISBN |
9783836564489 (paperback) |
| Classification |
ANF MAN 770.92 |
| Personal Name |
Man Ray, 1890-1976 |
| Title |
Man Ray, 1890-1976 / essays by Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais and Katherine Ware ; a personal portrait by André Breton ; edited by Manfred Heitung ; [German translation by Wolfgang Himmelberg ; French translation by Frédéric Maurin]. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Köln : TASCHEN, [2017] |
| ©2017. |
| Physical Description |
251 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| still image |
| Note |
Text in English, French and German. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
Man Ray (1890-1976) was a polymath modernist, working in painting, sculpture, film, printmaking, and poetry. But it was his work in photography, with nude studies, fashion work, and portraiture that saw him pioneering a new chapter in the history of camerawork and art. With a wide-ranging collection of both his famous and lesser known works, this monograph gives a vivid overview of Man Ray's multifaceted practice and photographic legacy. It traces Ray from his artistic beginnings in New York through to his central role in the Parisian avant-garde, where he featured in the first Surrealist exhibition with Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Andre Masson, Joan Miro, and Pablo Picasso and produced such now iconic works as Noire et blanche and Le Violon d'Ingres. Through numerous examples of still life, portraiture, and beyond, we see how Ray constantly experimented with new techniques, pushing photography out of its documentary domain into ethereal, poetic expressions through multiple exposure, solarization, and the particular brand of photograms he wittily termed "rayography." |
| Subject-Personal Name |
Man Ray, -- 1890-1976 |
| Man Ray, -- 1890-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Photography, Artistic |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Breton, André, 1896-1966 contributor. |
| L'Ecotais, Emmanuelle de writer of added text. |
| Ware, Katherine, 1960- writer of added text. |
| Heitung, Manfred editor. |
| Maurin, Frédéric translator. |
| Himmelberg, Wolfgang translator. |
