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Les Mains libres: Dessins de Man Ray, illustrés par les poèmes de Paul Éluard (Free Hands: Drawings illustrated by the poems of Paul Éluard)

A work made of illustrated book with 54 plates.

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  • A work made of illustrated book with 54 plates.

Date:

Paris: Éditions J. Bucher, 1937

Artist:

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky; American, 1890-1976)
Written by Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

Title

Les Mains libres: Dessins de Man Ray, illustrés par les poèmes de Paul Éluard (Free Hands: Drawings illustrated by the poems of Paul Éluard)

Place

Paris (Object made in:)

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.

1937

Medium

Illustrated book with 54 plates

Edition

no. 206 of 675 printed on chester vergé, first edition

Dimensions

29 × 23 × 3 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection

Reference Number

2019.948.2

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