Man Ray - Mannequin, Man Ray (Adieu Foulard) Start Price USD 25,000.00 Current Price USD 25,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 13, 2008 End Time Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Location London See more about 'Man Ray - Mannequin, Man Ray (Adieu Foulard) ' Description Man RayMan Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976; born Emmanuel Radnitzky), was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer.While appreciation for Man Ray’s work beyond his fashion and portrait photography was slow in coming during his lifetime, especially in his native United States, his reputation has grown steadily in the decades since.In 1999, ARTnews magazine named him one of the 25 most influential artists of the 20th century, citing his groundbreaking photography as well as "his explorations of film, painting, sculpture, collage, assemblage, and prototypes of what would eventually be called performance art and conceptual art" and saying "Man Ray offered artists in all media an example of a creative intelligence that, in its 'pursuit of pleasure and liberty,'" — Man Ray’s stated guiding principles — "unlocked every door it came to and walked freely where it would." MAN RAY (1890-1976) Mannequin, Man Ray (Adieu Foulard) Gelatin silver print on carte postale. 1938. Credit, initialed, titled, dated by Marcel Jean and variously annotated in pencil on the verso.5¼ x 3½in. (13.3 x 8.9cm.) Literature Jean, Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, p. 238. Notes The mannequin pictured was Man Ray's contribution to the historic Exposition internationale du Surréalisme held at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. This print and lot 85 originate from the collection of Marcel Jean, the surrealist painter, who also designed a mannequin for the 1938 exhibition. This print was given by Man Ray to Jean and used in his 1959 book, The History of Surrealist Painting.   Provenance Christie's Place a Bid!