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Man Ray
Alphabet Pour Adultes (Alphabet For Adults) Silkscreen, lithograph Signed Framed

1970

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Man Ray Alphabet Pour Adultes (Alphabet For Adults), 1970 Silkscreen in colors and lithograph on paper mounted on wood veneer mounted on card stock. Hand Signed. Numbered. Dated. Hand signed, numbered 45/150 by Man Ray on lower front Frame included: held in the original vintage wood frame This is the hand signed and numbered cover page of Man Ray's "Alphabet pour Adultes" portfolio. It is the only work from the deluxe edition that is hand signed and numbered; a real collectors' item. Measurements: Artwork: 11 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches Frame: 28 1/5 x 24 1/2 inches Publisher: Editions Pierre Belfond, Paris ; Printer: Fequet and Baudier, Paris About Man Ray: Over the course of his storied career, Man Ray created work spanning a variety of mediums: painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, film, poetry, and prose. His work aligned variously with Cubism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism—all the while retaining its own distinct style. Man Ray is most noted for his profound body of photographic works, which encompass fashion, portraiture, and technical experimentation such as solarization and the widely celebrated photograms or “rayographs”: the artist created these compelling images without a camera, arranging found objects onto sheets of photosensitive paper and exposing them to light. The rayographs wavered between representation and concept, epitomizing the indeterminate forces that have come to define his vast oeuvre. Alluding to relationships between the real and the fictive, Man Ray commanded a deft mastery over the liminal territory between the abstract and figurative form. Man Ray was born in 1890 in Philadelphia, and died in 1976 in Paris. His work is held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Israel Museum, Jerusalem, among others. Recent solo exhibitions include Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, Jewish Museum, New York (2009–10); Man Ray Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London (2013); and Man Ray—Human Equations, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (2015). - Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery
  • Creator:
    Man Ray (1890 - 1976, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28.2 in (71.63 cm)Width: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Not examined outside of frame but appears to be in fine condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745213393372
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