Man Ray
when objects dream
$167.10
- Hardcover
338 pages
- Release Date
7 December 2025
Summary
Man Ray: Shadows and Light
The first in-depth study of Man Ray’s groundbreaking rayographs of the 1920s and their interconnections with his Dada and Surrealist works
Man Ray (1890–1976) worked in a range of media, but central to his practice was the rayograph, a type of photogram (or camera-less photograph) that he revolutionized and introduced into the Dada and Surrealist milieu of 1920s Paris. Oscillating between representation and abstraction, painting an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588398024 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588398021 |
| Author: | Stephanie D'Alessandro, Stephen C. Pinson |
| Publisher: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Imprint: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 338 |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.74kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 229mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“The book’s essays are in-depth and meticulously researched, uncovering stories behind the artist’s most recognised, but little studied, pieces.”—Eleanor Sutherland, Aesthetica
About The Author
Stephanie D'Alessandro
Stephanie D’Alessandro is the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Stephen C. Pinson is curator in the Department of Photographs, both at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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