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Nancy Cunard

A light-skinned woman with short coiffed hair, dark eyes and lips, and forearms full of bangles rests her hands beneath her chin and looks piercingly to her left.
© 2018 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A light-skinned woman with short coiffed hair, dark eyes and lips, and forearms full of bangles rests her hands beneath her chin and looks piercingly to her left.

Date:

1928

Artist:

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
American, 1890–1976

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

Title

Nancy Cunard

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1928

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in black ink: "Man / Ray"; stamped verso, upper left, in black ink: "JULIEN LEVY GALLERY / 602 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"; inscribed verso, center, in graphite: "$30-"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "Nancy Cunard"; stamped verso, lower right, in blue ink: "MAN RAY / 31 bis, RUE / CAMPAGNE / PREMIÉRE / PARIS XIVe"

Dimensions

29 × 22.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

1979.94

Copyright

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

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