Nancy Cunard

Photography and Media

1928

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
American, 1890–1976

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Title: Nancy Cunard
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.: 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

Martineau, Paul. 2018. “Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011.” The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles/Getty Publications. p. 71, plate 29.
Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 284, p. 297 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
Los Angeles, California, The J. Paul Getty Museum, “Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011,” June 26-October 21, 2018.
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Field Guide to Photography and Media,” Nov. 10, 2022–Apr. 10, 2023.

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