Skip to main content

Man Ray Sculptures

American, 1890-1976

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.

Find original Man Ray art on 1stDibs.

to
2
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
143
212
168
151
128
2
Artist: Man Ray
Belle Main  (Les mains libre) - Bronze sculpture by Man Ray - 1971

Belle Main (Les mains libre) - Bronze sculpture by Man Ray - 1971

By Man Ray

Located in Roma, IT

Belle Main (Les mains libre) is a bronze sculpture realized by Man Ray in 1971. Signed with initials and numbered on the base. Cast by Fratelli Barberis in Turin for Luciano Anselm...

Category

1970s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cadeau - Sculpture by Man Ray - 1974
Cadeau - Sculpture by Man Ray - 1974

Cadeau - Sculpture by Man Ray - 1974

By Man Ray

Located in Roma, IT

Multiple cast iron and copper nails, realized b Man Ray in 1921 and published in a multiple edition of 5.000 in 1974. Published by Luciano Anselmino Edition, Turin. Title, signatur...

Category

1970s Dada Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Related Items
Venus à cordes
Venus à cordes

Fernandez ArmanVenus à cordes, 2001

$41,203

H 50.79 in W 19.69 in D 17.72 in

Venus à cordes

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Original sculpture of 8 ex. Publisher GKM. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo

Fernandez ArmanVenus de Milo, 2001

$41,203

H 51.19 in W 17.72 in D 19.69 in

Venus de Milo

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Signed on plaque Edition of 2/8 Publisher GKM. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Le fantome de la liberte - Statue of Liberty, Contemporary, Iron, Sculpture

Le fantome de la liberte - Statue of Liberty, Contemporary, Iron, Sculpture

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Edition of 8 ex. Publisher GKM. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Little Zen (Turquoise Patina) 1/99

Little Zen (Turquoise Patina) 1/99

By Giuseppe Palumbo

Located in Napa, CA

Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Pal...

Category

2010s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rethinking It All
Rethinking It All

Deborah BallardRethinking It All, 2006

$20,000

H 85 in W 33 in D 31 in

Rethinking It All

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

This sculpture is cast and manipulated stone, fiberglass, iron, and casters. Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one anoth...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Iron

Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Menorah Israeli David Palombo
Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Menorah Israeli David Palombo

Brutalist Hand Forged Iron Mosaic Sculpture Menorah Israeli David Palombo

By David Palombo

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand Forged Iron Stone Mosaic Hanukah Menorah Candelabra David Palombo was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He was born in Turkey to a traditional family and immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents in 1923. They lived in the Nahalat Shiva neighborhood of Jerusalem. In 1940 he began his studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and from 1942 was a student of sculptor Ze’ev Ben-Zvi. For a period of time, Palombo was an assistant at Ben-Zvi’s studio and also taught at Bezalel. During this period he was also a member of the “Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed” (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel). In the 1940s he took art lessons at night. In 1948 he went to Paris, where he visited the studio of the sculptor Constantin Brancusi whose work influenced him. Around 1958 he married the artist Shulamit Sirota. In 1960 he quit his job to devote himself to art. In 1964 he married for the second time to the artist Yona Palombo. The two of them went to live in an abandoned home on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was killed when the motorcycle on which he was riding ran into a chain stretched across the street to prevent the desecration of Shabbat. His widow opened a museum in their home that was active until the year 2000. Work by Palombo is included in the Judaic collection of the Jewish Museum (a well known Hanukkah menora). Palombo executed the impressive metal gates of the Tent of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the Knesset Building the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco award) awarded him a scholarship for study in Japan. He worked in marble, granite, bronze, iron and steel. as well as with glass mosaic tiles. Palombo’s early works, in the 1950s, were influenced by modernist sculptors such as Brancusi. These works were composed of abstract images from nature and were carved out of stone or wood. At the end of the 1950s he began making metal sculptors, using the technique of welding. His work took on a more abstract and expressive character. Education 1940 Painting with Isidor Ascheim, New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem 1942 Sculpture with Zeev Ben Zvi, Jerusalem 1956 Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy 1958 Welding Course Awards And Prizes 1966 UNESCO Award Exhibitions: Sculpture in Israel, 1948-1958 Mishkan Museum of Art, Kibbutz Ein Harod Artists: Zvi Aldouby, Yitzhak Danziger, Arieh Merzer, Dov Feigin, Aaron Priver, David Palumbo, Menashe Kadishman, Kosso Eloul, Yehiel Shemi, Zahara Schatz. The Spring Exhibition of Jerusalem Artists, Artists' House, Jerusalem Artists: Palombo, David Bezalel Schatz, Mordechai Levanon, Fima, Ludwig Blum 12 Artists, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem Avraham Ofek, Aviva Uri, Avigdor Arikha, Yosl Bergner, Lea Nikel, Palombo, Ruth Zarfati...

Category

Mid-20th Century Arte Povera Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Iron

Man with Arms Raised
Man with Arms Raised

Ian Rank-BroadleyMan with Arms Raised, 2023

$4,468

H 12.6 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in

Man with Arms Raised

Located in London, GB

Bronze Numbered 1/10 32cm × 10cm × 10cm (incl. base) Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Couple - 21st Century bronze sculpture of 2 People
Couple - 21st Century bronze sculpture of 2 People

Couple - 21st Century bronze sculpture of 2 People

By Antoinette Briet

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Antoinette Briet (Dutch artist) Couple 25 x 11 x 8 cm Bronze Antoinette Briet's sculpture can be called both a figurative and an abstract work of art. Her sculpted animals show thei...

Category

2010s Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seating Group Green Velvet
Seating Group Green Velvet

Carlo RampazziSeating Group Green Velvet, 2007

$21,190

H 43.71 in W 98.43 in D 35.44 in

Seating Group Green Velvet

Located in Zug, CH

CARLO RAMPAZZI (b. 1949) Seating Group 2007 Sofa covered in green mohair velvet, supported by a bronze structure slide; Armchairs with shell artisan decoration, with green Haute Cout...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Icaro I Bronze Sculpture by Amancio Gonzalez, Limited Edition 7, 69cm
Icaro I Bronze Sculpture by Amancio Gonzalez, Limited Edition 7, 69cm

Icaro I Bronze Sculpture by Amancio Gonzalez, Limited Edition 7, 69cm

By Amancio González Andrés

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. Series limited to 7 copies+ II PA Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture Very popular artist in Europe and Lat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Previously Available Items
Cadeau
Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau
Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau
Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")
Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")

Man RayGift, 1921 ("Cadeau"), 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

Man Ray Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau"), 1974 Cast iron with brown patina and copper nails. Stamped by artist's estate, Signed, inscribed and numbered in white paint; 4-page brochure from Art...

Category

1970s Dada Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Copper, Iron

Cadeau
Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau
Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1921

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

Man Ray was a American avant-garde artist and leading figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements. Conceived in 1921, Cadeau is from an edition of 5000, each signed and numbered with...

Category

Early 20th Century Surrealist Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")
Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")

Man RayGift, 1921 ("Cadeau"), 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau")

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

Man Ray Gift, 1921 ("Cadeau"), 1974 Cast iron with brown patina and copper nails. Signed, inscribed & numbered. Laminated COA. Edition of 5000 (1229/5000) Stamped by artist's estate, Signed, inscribed and numbered 1229/5000 in white paint; With laminated card numbered in black marker and signed, 4-page brochure from Arturo Schwarz Luciano Anselmino, Turin, pub. Foundry: Mirano, Venice Man Ray's iconic Cadeau (French for 'gift') is one of the most recognizable icons of the Surrealist movement. The work is in its original packaging, beautiful...

Category

20th Century Dada Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Copper, Iron

Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures
Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures

Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures

By Man Ray

Located in Köln, DE

The "Cadeau" is the first surreal sculpture. Man Ray developed the idea for his first exhibition in Paris in 1921. He bought the iron and the nails, made the sculpture and brought it...

Category

1920s Surrealist Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 4 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

Cast metal multiple. Signed, titled and numbered 2382/5000. Initialed and numbered 2382/5000 on the printed plastic justification card. Cast by the Mirano Foundry, Venice. Produced b...

Category

1970s Dada Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Cadeau

Man RayCadeau, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures
Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures

Cadeau - Early 20th Century, Man Ray, Surrealism, Iron, Still-Life Sculptures

By Man Ray

Located in Köln, DE

The "Cadeau" is the first surreal sculpture. Man Ray developed the idea for his first exhibition in Paris in 1921. He bought the iron and the nails, made the sculpture and brought it...

Category

1920s Surrealist Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Cadeau, Man Ray

Man RayCadeau, Man Ray, 1974

Sold

H 6.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in

Cadeau, Man Ray

By Man Ray

Located in New York, NY

An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of t...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Man Ray Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Man Ray sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Man Ray sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Man Ray in metal, iron, bronze and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Man Ray sculptures, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jedediah Morfit, Glenn Green, and Dan Namingha. Man Ray sculptures prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,000 and tops out at $23,475, while the average work can sell for $2,473.

Questions About Man Ray Sculptures

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Man Ray created paintings, collages and films, but he is best known for photography. While working in his darkroom, he discovered that by moving objects around on photosensitive paper he could create unique images dubbed rayographs or photograms. Find a collection of Man Ray art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Man Ray, an American photographer, painter and filmmaker, was known for his revolutionary experimentation with photography, including making “cameraless” pictures by placing objects on light-sensitive paper and exposing the paper to light. Ray called these photographs “rayographs.” On 1stDibs, Shop a collection of authentic Man Ray photographs from top sellers worldwide.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
    Man Ray, the Surrealist photographer, was born Emmanuel Radnitzky. His career is distinctive for the success he achieved in both the United States and Europe. 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 became a sought-after fashion photographer. Ray is perhaps most remembered for his photographs of the interwar years, in particular the camera-less pictures he called "Rayographs." Shop a variety of Man Ray art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    Man Ray changed his name in response to antisemitic attitudes that were impacting his work during the early 20th century. "Man" came from his nickname, Manny, shortened from Emmanuel. For his surname, Ray took the first two and final letters of his birth name, Radnitzky. Explore a range of Man Ray art on 1stDibs.