Man Ray was the ultimate networker. From the time he was twenty-three years old, when he asked Alfred Stieglitz to sit for a painted portrait, he had an uncanny knack for befriending important people.

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Man Ray was one of the leading avant-garde thinkers of his generation, but how did he develop his unique approach? A watercolor sketch made while the artist was still in his early twenties has ...

Man Ray, "Boardwalk" (1917), oil, wood handles, and yarn on wood (© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025; all other photos Julia Curl/Hyperallergic) Stepping into ...

In his “rayographs,” he raved, he was finally “working directly with light itself.” The showstopper is the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. By Arthur Lubow In the winter of 1921, Man ...

Nearly 200 works from the Dada and Surrealist movements, including "Ingres' Violin" by Man Ray -- the world's most expensive photograph -- will join the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, it ...

Introduction: Man Ray and His Shadows -- 1. The Radnitsky Clan -- 2. Alfred Stieglitz and the Avant-Garde -- 3. Adon -- 4. Charles Daniel -- 5. Marcel Duchamp -- 6. Tristan Tzara and Francis Picabia - ...

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Image Size: 11.5 x 8.5 inches 16 x 20 inches; 14 x 11 14 x 16 ...

Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo) Man Ray: African Art through the Modernist Lens, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; University of Virginia Art Museum, ...