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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Man Ray Les Grands Trans-Parents Mirror For Cassina
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Man Ray Les Grands Trans-Parents Mirror For Cassina WORDS IN REFLECTION An iconic design mirror that reveals its special, unexpected touch in any room, filtering its reflection thr...
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Man Ray Les Grands Trans-Parents Mirror For Cassina
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Man Ray Les Grands Trans-Parents Mirror For Cassina An iconic design mirror that reveals its special, unexpected touch in any room, filtering its reflection through wordplay screen...
Glass
Man Ray, Mirror Les Grand Trans-Parents, Simon Gavina (First Edition)
By Man Ray, Simon Gavina Editions, Gavina
Located in Argelato, BO
Man Ray, Mirror Les Grand Trans-Parents, Simon Gavina (First Edition), Italy, 1970s An enigmatic play on words for a mirror that has now become a tr...
Glass, Wood
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Man Ray “Les Grands Trans-Parents” Mirror
By Man Ray
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Man Ray (American, 1890-1976); Simon Gavina (Italian, 1922–2007) Additional Information: Designed in 1938 by Man Ray. This mirror was originally made in 1971 for Si...
Mirror
Ceramic mirror "Les Argonautes", Vallauris, 1960.
By Les Argonautes, Frédérique Bourguet, Isabelle Ferlay
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Mirror by les Argonautes. Tent shaped frame, ceramic glazed in shades of white, blue, ochre and green. Signed at the back " les Argonautes Vallauris " Vallauris, France circa 196...
Ceramic
Shale Mirror in Black by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Bringing the serenity of the outdoors into the home, the Shale mirror has a distinct texture carved across the frames surface that seems to reach beyond it's limits. The solid ash surface is scored vertically across the grain, and the drawing of Simon Johns’ textures of a crumbling cliff's facade is delicately carved into it. Patterns within the carving and the wood's grain create optical illusions depending on the lights orientation, making it as striking from afar as from up close. Due to the hand-carved facade...
Mirror, Ash
Grand Louis XVI Style Segmented Giltwood Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Louis XVI style gilt wood mirror with a 1" lavishly beveled center mirror having a raised beaded trim. The center mirror surrounded by four angled mirror panels with carved corner ...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Large Round ‘Man in the Moon’ Wall Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large round embossed ‘Man In The Moon’ wall mirror. The plaster frame is scallop shaped with a simple happy face set in a waning crescent moon to the left. The frame is finished to...
Mirror, Plaster
Circular mirror Les Argonautes, Vallauris
By Isabelle Ferlay, Frédérique Bourguet, Les Argonautes
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Unusual circular mirror, ceramic frame, embossed and partly glazed in shades of blue, green, white and yellow. Les Argonautes, Vallauris circa 1965. Signed at the back. Les...
Ceramic, Mirror
Les Argonautes Ceramic Mirror, France, 1960s
By Les Argonautes
Located in Paris, FR
Les Argonautes (Frédérique Bourguet and Isabelle Ferlay), French workshop created in Vallauris, south of France, in 1953 and active until the death of Frederique Bourguet in 1997.
Ceramic
Grand Beveled Mirror with Brass Corner Accents
Located in Wilton, CT
A timeless design, this impressively proportioned mirror is a stunning addition to a grand foyer or a dining room. With the ability to be wall-mounted in either portrait or landscape...
Brass
Ceramic mirror Les Argonautes, Vallauris. 1960's
By Frédérique Bourguet, Isabelle Ferlay, Les Argonautes
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Ceramic mirror. ceramic frame partly glazed in shades of white, blue and green Window shaped, with pediment at the top Signed at the back " Les Argonautes". Circa 1965. Les Ar...
Ceramic
Italian Brass Mirror by Le Lampade
By Gio Ponti
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
1950s style Italian brass mirror by Le Lampade Handmade in Italy.
Brass
Ceramic mirror Les Argonautes, Vallauris. 1960's
By Les Argonautes, Frédérique Bourguet, Isabelle Ferlay
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Ceramic mirror. Glazed ceramic in shades of blue, ochre and yellow. Architectural construction with pediment at the top. Underneath, a stylized face can be seen with eyes and nose ( ...
Ceramic
Grand Beveled Mirror with Nickel Corner Accents
Located in Wilton, CT
A timeless design scaled up to a colossal size. This impressively proportioned mirror is a stunning addition to a grand foyer or a dining room. With the ability to be wall-mounted in...
Nickel
Charlotte Perriand Style Mirror for Les Arcs France Brown Color
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Mirror in Pine wood, brown Color. It's a mirror that hangs on the wall, Vertically and Horizontally. It was made in France in the 1970s. It is in good condition. Chalotte Perriand St...
Glass, Pine
Les Grands Trans-Parents mirror by Man Ray for Cassina Anni 80s
By Man Ray, Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
Wall mirror made of mirrored glass on wooden frame.
Mirror
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H 70.87 in W 35.83 in D 1.97 in
20th Century Man Ray Mirror "Les grands transparents" for Gavina, '70s
By Man Ray, Simon Gavina Editions
Located in Turin, Turin
Among the most versatile and creative artists of the twentieth century, Man Ray (1890 - 1976) - was one of the most radical and multifaceted representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism. Born in Philadelphia in 1890, he frequented Greenwich Village at the time of the avant-garde, following the 1913 New York Armory Show; Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, where he played a key role in the Dada and Surrealist Movements; the Hollywood of the 1940s, where he joined other European war refugees; and finally Paris again until his death in 1976. Man Ray met Dino Gavina in Paris. At first the meeting was tense because Man Ray thought he was facing a journalist or a critic. Then his aggressiveness turned to politeness as soon as he realized that he was asking for nothing more than to meet him. From the hallway they moved on to the studio, and they spent hours together. At that very moment an extraordinary friendship was born and an association that united them for life. Here the mirror "Les grands transparents...
Mirror, Wood
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H 71.26 in W 1.19 in D 35.83 in
Man Ray for Simon Gavina "Les Grand Transparents" Wall Mirror, 1971
By Man Ray, Simon Gavina Editions
Located in Naples, IT
Designed in 1938 by Man Ray. This elliptical mirror is serigraphed with “les grands trans-Parents.” A play on words written by Man Ray on a mirror, a poetical proposal for the home. ...
Mirror
1938s Oversize Wall Mirror "Les Grands Transparents" by Man Ray
By Man Ray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic design mirror that reveals its special, unexpected touch in any room, filtering its reflection through wordplay screen-printed on the glass.
Mirror, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Mirror by Man ray for Simon Gavina, 1971
By Man Ray, Simon Gavina Editions
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Designed in 1938 by Man Ray. This elliptical mirror is serigraphed with “les grands trans-Parents.” A play on words written by Man Ray on a mirror, a poetical proposal for the home. ...
Mirror, Wood
Mirror by Man Ray
By Man Ray
Located in Weesp, NL
Designed in 1938 by Man Ray. This elliptical mirror is serigraphed with “les grands trans-Parents.” A play on words written by Man Ray on a mirror, a poetical proposal for the home....
Mirror
1971 Man Ray "les grand trans-Parents" Mirror
By Man Ray, Dino Gavina
Located in Bainbridge, NY
1938 Surreal Man Ray designed "les grands trans-Parents" silkscreened elliptical Mirror for Simon Ultramobile Collection. This 1971 post estate edition was...
Mirror