Man Ray

Collection particulière, Paris
Acquis auprès du précédent par le propriétaire actuel

Amsterdam, Galerie Robert, Surréalisteche Schilderkunst, 1938, no. 109

Paul Eluard, Voir : Poèmes, Peintures, Dessins, Genève & Paris, 1948, reproduit p. 71

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is hinged to the mount at the upper two corners. The right edge is slightly irregular although this is not visible when framed. There are remnants of old framer's tape visible on the reverse of the lower corners. The paper is of slightly warmer tones than it appears in the catalogue illustration. Apart from some light time-staining and a few faint spots of foxing towards the lower right edge, this work is in excellent original condition.
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signed 'Man Ray' and dated '1936' (lower right) ; signed, tittled 'Portrait' and dated '1936' on the reverse, pen and ink on paper. Executed in 1936.


Un exemplaire de Voir : Poèmes, Peintures, Dessins de Paul Eluard sera remis à l'acquéreur de cette œuvre.

Cette œuvre de Man Ray fut réalisée en 1936 d'après son légendaire portrait photographique solarisé de Dora Maar, nouvelle muse et compagne de Picasso, elle-même photographe novatrice. Man Ray utilisait souvent ses compositions photographiques comme sources additionnelles d’inspiration. Dans le présent dessin, Man Ray manipule les sombres contours du visage de Dora, cherchant à représenter les effets typiques de la solarisation photographique.

Executed in 1936 after Man Ray's legendary solarised photographic portrait of Dora Maar, Picasso's new muse and companion and an innovative photographer in her own right. Man Ray often used his photographic compositions as additional sources of inspiration. In the present drawing, one can observe Man Ray handling the dark contours around the outline of her face, representing the typical effect of photographic solarisation.