1974
Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, Man Ray was a famous American filmmaker, painter and photographer. His career is distinctive, above all, for the success he achieved in both the United States and Europe. First maturing at the center of American modernism in the 1910s, he made Paris his home in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s, he crossed the Atlantic once again and spent periods in New York and Hollywood.
Ray’s art spanned painting, sculpture, film, prints and poetry, and in his long career, he worked in styles influenced by Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine art and came to be a sought-after fashion photographer. Ray is perhaps most remembered for his photographs of the inter-war years, in particular, the camera-less pictures he called "Rayographs," but he always regarded himself first and foremost as a painter. Although he matured as an abstract painter, Ray eventually disregarded the traditional superiority painting held over photography and happily moved between different forms. Dada and Surrealism were important in encouraging this attitude; they also persuaded him that the idea that motivates a work of art was more important than the work of art itself.
André Breton once described Ray as a pre-Surrealist, something which accurately describes his natural affinity for the style. Even before the movement had coalesced, in the mid-1920s, his work, influenced by Marcel Duchamp, had Surrealist undertones. He would continue to draw on the movement's ideas throughout his life. Ray's work has ultimately been very important in popularizing Surrealism.
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H 14 in W 7 in D 22 in
mid century brutalist kinetic hand forged and welded Bison Sculpture
Located in Belgrade, MT
This is a unique piece of western iconic sculpture. Forged and welded steel. The body is jointed so the piece has motion. This is a well hung male Bison. Natural oiled heat patin...
Metal, Iron
$225,000
H 78 in W 91 in D 34 in
Brando Found Object Bison Sculpture Outdoor Large Metal Sculpture
Located in Belgrade, MT
Brando is a life size Amercian Bison Sculpture. Kainz has composed this piece from thousands of cast off metal pieces, all found and collected in Montana. Each piece is welded on by ...
Iron
Trapola per Angeli, 2010
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the...
Bronze, Iron
Trionfo della Memoria, 2007
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the...
Bronze, Iron
Hialeah Hurricane
Located in Atlanta, GA
With each feather, Alan Derrick has moved his art form into new expressions. He continues to experiment with each stage of the process, producing surprisi...
Iron
Angeli
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Bronze, Iron
Que la fête commence
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Iron
Tête Lion-Buffle, 2016
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Iron
Cuando il cielo ti accarezza, 2010
By Hugo Rivas
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Bronze, Iron
Ballon YO Red
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Iron
Visage
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
An early and stunningly beautiful hand-painted ceramic bowl created by Picasso in 1955, Visage measures 5 inches (12.8 cm) in diameter and is Inscribed 'Edition Picasso/Madoura' (bot...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Petit Soleil
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Created by Picasso during his time at the Madoura Foundry in Vallarius, France, Petit Soleil (“little sun”) was created by the artist in 1968/69. Measuring 4 x 6 3/8 in. (10.4 x 16....
Earthenware
Untitled
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Commissioned to create and published by The World Federation of United Nations Associations to celebrate it 30th Anniversary in 1976, Alexander Calder created this original color lit...
Lithograph
Untitled, by Cy Twombly
By Cy Twombly
Located in New York, NY
In both the content and process of his art, Twombly was interested in the layering of time and history, and of various meanings and associations. His art situates itself in the context of the history of Western civilization as well as the process-oriented aspects of Abstract Expressionism. Created by Cy Twombly...
Lithograph, Screen
Untitled
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
Joan Miro, Untitled, 1981 (from Lithographie IV) Original color lithograph on Rives vellum paper 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (32 x 25 cm), unframed Edition of 4000 (Published by Maeght in 198...
Lithograph
Classic Love
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana’s, "Classic Love" tapestry is a wool iteration of the artist's iconic “LOVE," which began as a simple Christmas card design for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC in 1964 a...
Tapestry, Wool
Donated by John Pritzker, the collection includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and more.
One of the 20th century's most important female photographers is finally being recognized as a daring and seminal artist.
