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A work made of oil on composition board.
© 2018 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of oil on composition board.

Date:

1916

Artist:

Man Ray
American, 1890–1976

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 395

Department

Modern Art

Artist

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

Title

Invention

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1916

Medium

Oil on composition board

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, l.r.: "Man Ray 1916"

Dimensions

62.2 × 47 cm (24 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman in memory of her mother, Ida Kallis

Reference Number

1980.282

Copyright

© 2018 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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