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A work made of gelatin silver photogram.
© 2018 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of gelatin silver photogram.

Date:

1923

Artist:

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
American, 1890–1976

About this artwork

Man Ray arranged a carpenter’s rule and a glass negative with an image of La Grande Roue (France’s first Ferris wheel) to make this combination of a photogram and contact print. “Rayographs,” as the artist called his photograms, are cameraless images made by light that is blocked by or passed through objects placed on photographic paper. For Man Ray, the surface of the photographic paper became a sketch pad where unrelated objects, drawn by light, merged to create abstract compositions evocative of dreams and imaginary scenes. The artist exhibited his experimental photograms alongside paintings and sculptural objects within months of his move to Paris from New York. Through such exhibitions, he advanced an artistic identity that included photography among a variety of media experiments.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

Title

Untitled

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 1923

Medium

Gelatin silver photogram

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, in graphite: Man Ray 1923; no markings on verso of tertiary and quaternary supports.

Dimensions

Image/paper: 24 × 17 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.); First mount: 25.1 × 18.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Second mount: 25.8 × 19.4 cm (10 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Third mount: 27.9 × 27 cm (11 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

1979.97

Copyright

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

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