Near-pristine copy of this limited edition portfolio, in the original slipcase and box.
Near fine in near fine slipcase and box.
Price: $550.00
"I paint what cannot be photographed. I photograph what I don't want to paint."
Twelve beautifully reproduced prints by Man Ray, a selection spanning the years 1918 to 1956 and including two Rayographs, a solarized portrait of Georges Braque, the 1933 cover design for his first monograph, a fashion photograph, and two illustrations for Louis Aragon's "Aurélien." With a brief overview of his career by editor Daniela Palazzoli and a biographical introduction by Romeo Martinez, who writes: "[I]f the Muse presiding over photography was generous in her gifts to him, he was sometimes rather sharp in his references to her, in his caustic and paradoxical way," free with provocation in the way of a great and eclectic "artist and experimenter who doesn't bother about enshrined aesthetic canons."
First edition. Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Electa Milano, 1982. 16'' x 12''. Original black portfolio with plate mounted to front cover, containing 12 individual black and white prints, each with attached tissue guard, and [4]-page pamphlet with introductory text. In original glossy red and white slipcase. With original cardboard shipping box. Edition of 1000. A few very small scuff marks to portfolio panels. Small printed label ("Man Ray") to lower corner of slipcase; small sticker residue to slipcase below lettering. "Man Ray Portfolio" in pen to outer carton. Minimal wear to outer packaging.
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