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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Large Pair of Metal Sea Fan Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of stylized sculptures crafted in iron and ambitiously portraying mother nature's sea fan construction. Presented on classical two tiered bases and signed by the noted artist Ro...
Iron
Pair of Metal Sea Fan Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of stylized sculptures crafted in iron and ambitiously portraying mother nature's sea fan construction. Presented on classical two tiered bases and signed by the noted artist Ro...
Iron
$6,200
H 21.5 in W 12 in D 6.5 in
Mexican Art Abstract Brutalist Gilt Steel Geometric Sculpture Mathias Goeritz
By Mathias Goeritz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mathias Goeritz (German Mexican, 1915-1990) Geometric Torch-cut Steel or Iron Sculpture with gold leaf gilding. Welded signature, MG. This came from an estate and is signed with his ...
Iron, Gold Leaf, Steel
$2,500
H 18 in W 13 in D 8 in
Polish Sculpture Granite Stone, Metal Judaica Jewish Holocaust Memorial Art
By Lubomir Tomaszewski
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1923, alumnus of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Student of the Warsaw University of Technology, is an extraordinary artist, searching for his own artistic way. Ambitious,...
Stone, Iron
Victory - Sculpture by Tatiana Pomus - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Wood and iron sculpture realized by Tatiana Pomus in 1977. Exhibited at Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma in the same year. Placed on a marble base. Height without base: 196 c...
Marble, Iron
Abstract Fish Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Iron
$3,000
H 9 in W 7 in D 3.5 in
Cabeza de Caballo, Surrealist Iron Sculpture by Victor Delfin
By Victor Delfin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Title: Cabeza de Caballo Medium: Iron Sculpture Size: 9 x 7 x 3.5 in. (22.86 x 17.78 x 8.89 cm)
Iron
$4,500
H 8 in W 1 in D 1 in
"Untitled (Obelisk Maquette)" Beverly Pepper, Female Artist, Abstract Sculpture
By Beverly Pepper
Located in New York, NY
Beverly Pepper Untitled (Obelisk Maquette), circa 1977 Stamped : BP Cast iron 8 x 1 x 1 inches Provenance The artist Beat Keerl (gift from the above) Born in 1922 in Brooklyn, Pep...
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
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
Histórias Tropicais II
By Beatriz Milhazes
Located in New York, NY
With imagery consistent with the rain forest that surrounds the artist’s home and studio in Rio de Janeiro where she lives and works, Brazilian artist, Beatriz Milhazes brings vibran...
Screen
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
David's Pool at Night, Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
Executed by the artist between 1979 and 1985, David’s Pool at Night is an etching and aquatint with hand-coloring by British colorist, Howard Hodgkin. The artwork measures 25 1/8 x...
Etching, Aquatint
Target with Four Faces
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 1979, the iconic Target with Four Faces is an intaglio print in colors on Rives paper. Hand-signed in pencil, dated, and numbered from the edition of 88, the...
Intaglio
Untitled
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Published to aid the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, Untitled, 1976 is the frontispiece from the artist’s, Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio, created by Alexander Ca...
Lithograph
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.
