Man Ray: Signed (84 results)
Published by Librarie Arcade 1990
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- Signed
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.ANARTIST
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover, staple-bound, 16 pages; in English and Japanese; very good condition; no internal marks. Nubered 167/350 and signed by Teruo Ishihara. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Language: French
Published by Gallimard, NRF, collection "Une ¿uvre, un portrait", Paris. 1924
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Seller: Docsenstock, Paris, FranceDocsenstock
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broché. Condition: Bon. Edition originale numérotée. FABRE (Lucien). (MAN¿RAY) Bassesse de Venise précédée de la traversée de l'Europe en avion et du Legat. Avec un portrait de l'auteur par MAN RAY gravé sur bois par G. Aubert. Paris, Gallimard, NRF, collection "Une ¿uvre, un portrait", 1924. Petit in 8° broché, 105 pages. Editi…on Originale. Exemplaire comprenant une dédicace et un dessin de l¿auteur en page de titre. Bon exemplaire intérieur, malgré un dos et le 1er plat insolés. MAN¿RAY gravé sur bois par G. Aubert. (illustrator). Dédicacé par l'auteur.
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Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, , United KingdomMarcus Campbell Art Books
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Hardback. Condition: Very good. 25 x 32cm 320pp very good hardback exhibition catalogue, comes with a signed letter from the Chief Curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Michael R. Taylor. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions including portraits of Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Elsie Houston, Fernand Le…ger, Joan Miro, Aldous Huxley, Ernest Hemingway, Andre Breton and many, many others.
Language: English
Published by Montclair Art Museum and Rutgers University Press 2003
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Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.ANARTIST
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Hardcover exhibition catalog with dustjacket, 264 pages; very good condition; clean and crisp; inscribed and signed by Francis Naumann on half-title page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
More imagesPublished by Eric Losfeld, Le Terrain Vague,, Paris, 1966
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- First Edition
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Seller: Librairie Christian Chaboud, Bruxelles, , BelgiumLibrairie Christian Chaboud
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in-8, broché, 278 pages. E.O. Bon état. Exemplaire non coupé. Petits frottements au dos de la couverture. Envoi de l'auteur. NB. Les commandes et questions sont traitées dans les 24h, les expéditions reprendront le 13 juin. Tous les ouvrages de notre catalogue peuvent être consultés et retirés sous quelques jours à Saint-Gilles…ou Paris, 5e arr. Merci de nous contacter.
More imagesPublished by Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tokyo Fuji Bijutsukan, Tokyo 2019
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Text in Japanese. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear and with a laid in compliments card from Teruo Ishihara who has signed the card and presented it to a collector. A nice copy of this uncomon catalog with only 5 copies listed in OCLC.
More imagesPublished by The Museum and Archives, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan 2016
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition. Softcover. 20 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 7 through December 16, 2016. Text in English and Japanese. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy in stapled wrappers and with laid in compliments card from Teruo Ishihara who has signed the card and presented… it to a collector. Scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.
Published by Alternative 111, Jersey, UK 1996
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- Signed
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Softcover. Condition: Good+. Review copy, softcover, a typed review letter signed by Anthony. P. Hopkins. is paperclipped to the back of the title page, and the book has bumps with creasing at the spine ends and corners, small tears and peels to the spine ends, rubbing to the acetate front cover with rubbing and light soiling to… the spine and back, a paperclip scar/impression to the head of the first several pages, and an area of faint damp wrinkling to the head of the title. Overall, a solid, tight, Good+ copy with unmarked text.
Jewish Holiday Dances (SIGNED)
Chochem, Corinne; Darius Milhaud; Slavko Vorkapich; Trudi Rittman; Man Ray
Published by Behrman House, Inc. 1948
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- First Edition
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Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.W. Lamm
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed on the half title page by Corinne Chochem. ; Tight and clean. Solid binding. A touch of light shelf wear to dustjacket with a couple of short tears along the edges and mild spotting to top of text block, otherw…ise in Very Good condition and now protected in a new Mylar cover. ; Foreword by Darius Milhaud. Photographs by Slavko Vorkapich. Music arranged by Trudi Rittman. Poems by Alfred Hayes. The portrait of the author at the end of the book is by Man Ray, who on several occasions photographed Corinne Chochem. ; 12.10 X 9.20 X 0.50 inches; Signed by Author.
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Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by JULIET MAN RAY ( the author's widow who wrote the afterword for this edition) Hard bound in price clipped dust jacket. Hard boun in price clipped dust jacket. There is some evidence of damp staining to the upper page edges of that last 30 p…ages., this is minimal with no pages stuck together. It is about the size of a dime, and is well in the upper margin. Previous owners embossed stamp to the front free end page, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Galleria il Fauno, Turin 1974
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Seller: Ingert, Paris, FranceIngert
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Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Folio (39,5 x 29,2 cm), loose as issued in publisher's grey wrappers, publisher's cloth clamshell box. First edition. 11 gelatin silver prints stamped "Man Ray Paris" on verso, each mounted on a double sheet of brown paper with English text printed in white letters opposite.…From the edition limited to 100 copies. One of the few artist's proofs, marked "E.A." and signed by Man Ray. Like the first 25 copies, it includes a canvas print mounted on stretcher, monogrammed "MR" at lower right, signed and justified on the back: "Man Ray E.A. 1974 Les voies lactées". A pioneer of surrealist photography, Man Ray reframes art and merges it with the photographic process to create new aesthetic horizons. Observing a work by Man Ray is to see life itself, from desires to pains, through his eyes. Through his bewildering creativity, he produces a poetry leading us to his "Milky Ways": blurred lines between black and gray tracing paths across the pages. Imprinted on the glass of his medicine, these images reflect his intimacy and also open a door to his suffering, revealing a part of himself without control. From these cold tones emerges the lyrical elegance of a personal narrative. Les voies lactées is a poetry of pain and life, shared through the technical finesse and synthesis that make Man Ray a renowned visual artist. A condition report and additional images are available on request. Signé par l'auteur.
Published by Nagoya City Art Museum 1996
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- Signed
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.ANARTIST
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover, 56 pages; in Japanese; very good condition; inscribed and signed by Teruo Ishihara and dated 1996 on title page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
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Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, , FranceSan Francisco Book Company
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Small Quarto. wraps with flaps, 49 pp, signed by Karl Orend on last page, bound upside down, cover lightly bent Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Kiki's Memoirs [Signed]
Klüver, Billy & Julie Martin, edited & annotated by. Ernest Hemingway and Foujita, introduction. Man Ray, photos by
Published by Ecco Press, NJ 1996
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY
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Hardcover. Condition: Vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. Very Good- in boards with DJ. 298 pages. This copy is inscribed to an American artist from Klüver & Martin and also includes their rubber stamp (Kiki in profile?] made from a drawing of Kiki's. Images upon request.
Published by Privas, imp. Volle, 1933
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- Signed
Seller: Librairie ancienne du Vivarais, Saint Etienne de Boulogne, , FranceLibrairie ancienne du Vivarais
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in-8 de 19 pages, portrait photographique de l'auteur, par Man Ray en frontispice, envoi autographe, signé de l'auteur à l'écrivain Gabriel Faure ; Reliure: broché, petits manques au dos, couverture détachée.
More imagesPublished by Alyscamps Press, Paris - London 1996
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Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Alta-Glamour Inc.
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Limited Edition. Limited to 215 copies, of which 10 copies were signed by the translator and were not for sale. This copy is one of the ten, and is signed on the title page. 49pp., with four b/w photos by Man Ray. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker to the verso of the front cover. Original printe…d wraps. A very nice copy, about Fine.
Published by Alyscamp Press, Paris 1996
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- Signed
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, , FranceSan Francisco Book Company
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Small Quarto. wraps with flaps, 49 pp, signed by translator on title page Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Exile's Return: a Literary Odyssey of the 1920's
Malcolm Cowley (text); Leon Edel (introduction); Berenice Abbott; Alvin Coburn; Andre Kertesz; Man Ray; Walker Evans (photographs)
Published by New York: The Limited Editions Club 1981
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Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Arnold M. Herr
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 1481 of 2000 copies and signed on the limitation page by Malcolm Cowley and Berenice Abbott, one of the photographers. Large octavo bound in cloth and paper-covered boards in similarly covered slipcase. B&W photographs. As new in as new slipcase. Pages: xx, 281. Si…gned by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Ediions S. 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. #12/75cc, signed by Squatriti on the colophon page. With 10 serigraphs each signed and numbered on the back by the artist (with a very light hand in pencil). In a damaged box.
More imagesPublished by London Gallery Editions, London 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. One of only 500 signed copies, a pleasing first edition of the English translation of Paul Éluard's poetry, originally published in separate publications. A superb limited first edition, English translation of Paul Éluard's poetry. Number 235 of 500 copies signed by the translators, Rol…and Penrose and E. L. T. Mesens. The majority of Éluard's poems were originally published in separate publications throughout 1942, whilst France was under German occupation. This the first bilingual collection of his work, with the English and French on opposing pages. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Printed on hand made paper with deckled edges, multiple uncut leaves. Illustrated with a line-drawn portrait of Paul Éluard by Man Ray, dated 1936. A founding figure of the Surrealist movement who remained in France during the war, Éluard's verse encapsualates the terror of the French occupation with themes of liberté, patience and entrapment. This poetry book was published as part of a series of French poetry from all over the world, edited by Mesens. This copy would make a pleasing addition to any global poetry collection. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, in smart condition. With a closed tear to the front paper wrap and additional minor chipping and tears to extremities. A crease to back paper wrap. Dust wrapper with sunning to spine and extremities. A single stain to the rear of wrap. Chipping and loss of paper to head and tail of spine and fly leaves at extremities. Text block disbound from paper wrap. Otherwise, internally bound, pages bright and clean. Multiple uncut leaves. Signature of translators to the final page. Good. Man Ray (illustrator). signed by author. book.
More imagesPublished by Nrf 1924
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
- Art Print
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, , FranceLibrairie Le Feu Follet
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couverture souple. Nrf | Paris 1924 | 13.50 x 19 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 535 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé Navarre, seul tirage avec 10 Japon. Ouvrage illustré d'un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice par Man Ray. Bel exemplaire malgré une petite déchirure sans gravité en tête du dos. Envoi autographe signé de…Jacques Baron : " à Jeanne, Pierre et Jacques et X Collet. De tout coeur. Vraiment. Jacques." | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 535 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, the only issue together with 10 copies on Japan paper. Illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece by Man Ray. A fine copy despite a small, minor tear at the head of the spine. Signed autograph inscription by Jacques Baron: " à Jeanne, Pierre et Jacques et X Collet. De tout coeur. Vraiment. Jacques." *.
More imagesPublished by Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya 1996
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- First Edition
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Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, B, SpainCole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery
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THE DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY FIFTEEN SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES. 56 pp. printed on extremely fine, thick glossy paper. Profusely illustrated. 8 tipped-in original color photographs of the exhibition. ONE OF ONLY 15 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED BY TERUO ISHIHARA ON THE VERSO. This deluxe…edition also contains a leaflet and a lecture ticket. Both are present and in perfect condition (the owner of this copy evidently didn't attend the lecture, so the ticket is complete and untorn). 4to. Original photographic wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Like new. Of the greatest rarity.
Technics and Creativity II: Josef Albers, John Altoon, Wallace Berman, Sam Francis, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, et al. First Edition.
Museum of Modern Art New York; John McCoy (design); Jasper Johns; Riva Castleman (essay); Josef Albers, John Altoon, Wallace Berman, Sam Francis, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, et al.
Published by Los Angeles, CA: Gemini G.E.L. 1971
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Condition: Good. 4to. 108 pp. Portfolio. First Edition. Very Good. Mostly Black and White Plates, 364 total, 20 in color. Signed. In Hardcover White Plastic Box, with Jasper Johns 'Target 1970' inside covers, with Johns offset-litho-facsimile signature, watercolor pads, paintbrush & catalogue. Includes exhibition checklist and b…ibliography. Prospectus loosely laid in. Catalogue Raisonne of Gemini's complete publications.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.
More imagesPublished by Limited Editions Club 1981
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, , United KingdomTHE BOOKSNIFFER
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. A work of literary history. And a truly exceptional limited edition, even from this publisher, long renowned for fine editions. Splendid binding, using a constructivist design from 1923. Beautiful photographs. Slipcase is strong and without damage, but there is a bit of an ugly splat…on its back face. The book has been Signed by Cowley and Abbot, and numbered 189 of the 2000 issued. Original glasine cover, somewhat wrinkled as always, but complete. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Berenice Abbot, Man Ray, Etc (illustrator). Signed by Author.
More imagesPublished by Editions Surréalistes 1937
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, , FranceLibrairie Le Feu Follet
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couverture souple. Editions Surréalistes | Paris 1937 | 14 x 20.50 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 135 exemplaires numérotés sur papier perle persan, seul tirage après 15 vert roy Louis. Ouvrage illustré, en frontispice, d'un portrait d'André Breton par Man Ray. Dos et plats légèrement et marginalement décolorés comme gé…néralement, une toute petite déchirure en tête du dos au niveau de la coiffe, une infime tache en dessous de l'envoi autographe. Envoi autographe signé de Gui Rosey à Benjamin Crémieux. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on Persian pearl paper, single draw after 15 green Louis roy. Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of André Breton by Man Ray. Back and flat slightly and marginally discolored as generally, a tiny tear in the back of the head at the level of the cap, a tiny spot below the autograph. Autograph signed by Gui Rosey to Benjamin Crémieux. *.
Published by Cordier & Ekstrom. New York 1970
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- Signed
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover exhibition catalogue. 24 pages. Black and white reproductions of Man Ray's paintings and modified photographs, with full exhibition list at the rear. Blue covers. The front cover has a window it in, revealing a full color reproduction of the painting, "The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herse…lf with Her Shadows," which is affixed to the first page inside. Man Ray has signed in the lower margin of that color reproduction, in blue ink. Catalogue measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Please email to request photos. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Georges Cres & Cie, 1917
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, , United KingdomRoe and Moore
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. 220x270mm. Loose as issued in original card covers, uncut and unopened. First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on Vergé d'Arches. Autograph inscription from Marcel l'Herbier.With two original illustrations by Marcel Feguide.This copy is complete with its photographic portrait of…the author by Man Ray. A very rare work printed in three colours and finished on the 18 April 1917, the 990th day of the war. Covers heavily rubbed, spine partially defective, frayed and creased at edges. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Editions Cahier d'art 1947
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- First Edition
- Signed
- Art Print
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, , FranceLibrairie Le Feu Follet
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couverture souple. Dora Maar signe son oeuvre | Editions Cahier d'art | Paris 1947 | 18.50 x 24.50 cm | broché | Edition originale supposément imprimée à 500 exemplaires numérotés. "Le papier nécessaire à la fabrication de cet ouvrage fut offert par Gallimard, mais on ne put tirer que 258 exemplaires et non 500 comme l'annonce l…'achevé d'imprimer" (d'après une note de Paul Eluard). Un légère trace de pliure sur la couverture, légère insolation marginale affectant essentiellement le deuxième plat. Ouvrage illustré de 11 photographies de Nusch Eluard par Man Ray et Dora Maar. Le Temps déborde est un recueil de 11 poèmes, publié en 1947 soit quelques mois après le décès brutal et inattendu de Nusch, la compagne de Paul Eluard. Poignante ode à leurs dix-sept années de vie commune, l'ouvrage est illustré de saisissants portraits de Nusch dans un état de beauté pure. Cet exceptionnel exemplaire est signé par Dora Maar sur ou sous chacun de ses cinq clichés. Nous n'avons connaissance que d'un autre exemplaire signé par la photographe, et aucun autographé par Man Ray. En 1965, Aragon, lors d'un hommage à son ami, reviendra sur sa découverte de ce chef-d'oeuvre : "Il le signait d'un nom inventé Didier Desroches, parce qu'il avait tué Paul Eluard. Je le laissai dire. Ce qu'il m'avait montré de Didier était d'une beauté confondante. Ce petit livre qui devait paraître comme l'uvre d'un inconnu, c'est peu en dire qu'à mes yeux il surpasse tout ce qu'Eluard a signé de son nom. Je le pensais alors, et je le pense aujourd'hui." Rare et bel exemplaire. * La confusion a longtemps plané sur l'attribution de chaque photographie du recueil à Man Ray ou Dora Maar. Etrangement, on s'est peu intéressé à la question : comme le remarque Mary Ann Caws, les portraits de la muse des surréalistes par Dora Maar ont "originellement été attribués à Man Ray, puisqu'ils étaient clairement superbes dans leur construction et leur réalisation" ("These photographing women: The scandal of genius",Angels of anarchy : women artists and surrealism, 2009). Une conséquence aussi, de l'invisibilisation du travail de photographe de Dora Maar, qu'elle abandonnera sur les injonctions de Picasso. Les deux séries de Dora Maar et Man Ray sont d'autant plus mêlées par leur style et la fascination des artistes pour Nusch ils frappent par l'audace des cadrages, et par la subtilité de sa composition entre ombre et lumière rendant compte des recherches formelles de ces deux photographes surréalistes. Au-delà de l'alchimie esthétique, photographes et modèle se fréquentaient tous assidûment : l'ensemble de ces clichés date des années 1935-1938, alors que Dora Maar, aux côtés de Picasso, passe des étés à Mougins avec Paul et Nusch Eluard ainsi que le couple Man Ray-Ady Fidelin, où ils se livrent à des "jeux de rôles, d'identité et de couple"(Alicia Ortiz Dujovne, Dora Maar). Certaines illustrations du recueil sont bien connues :la "Nusch au miroir" de Man Ray, son diptyque aux yeux fermés et ouverts, ou encore le célèbre portrait par Dora Maar illustrant le poème "l'Extase" "où le modèle plonge ses doigts dans une chair étrangement moelleuse pour tant de minceur" (ibid.). Dora Maar l'avait employé pour créer le mythique et prémonitoire photomontageLes années nous guettent dans lequel son visage se voile d'une toile d'araignée. Sur d'autres, l'attribution est incertaine - c'est notamment le cas de son portrait aux seins nus drapé d'un rinceau végétal, illustrant "En vertu de l'amour" que cet exemplaire, par l'absence de signature, permet d'attribuer à Man Ray. Sublime tombeau poétique accompagné des plus beaux portraits de Nusch, figure tutélaire de l'imaginaire visuel partagé entre Man Ray et Éluard et qui inspira à Dora Maar ses plus belles uvres dans le registre du portrait - oeuvres enfin rendues à leur autrice par cet exemplaire cinq fois signé de sa main. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition which supposedly had an issue of 500 numbered copies. "Gallimard donated the.
More imagesPublished by Jean Petithory 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, , FranceLibrairie Le Feu Follet
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Couverture rigide. "Man Ray capture les éphémères mannequins surréalistes | Jean Petithory | Paris 1966 | 26.5 x 30.2 cm | Relié sous étui | Edition originale, imprimée à 37 exemplaires, le nôtre un des quelques hors commerce réservés aux collaborateurs et amis, signé à la justification par Man Ray. 15 photographies contrecollée…s sur papier vélin Montgolfier filigrané monté sur onglets, chacune portant le cachet imprimé de l'atelier Man Ray ("épreuve originale atelier Man Ray Paris"). Exemplaire enrichi du bulletin de souscription et de l'invitation à l'exposition de Simone Loliée pour la sortie du livre. Reliure d'éditeur par Mercher, portant sa signature dans le négatif du papier photographique de chaque garde et contreplat, dos lisse en chagrin noir, titre, auteur et date à l'or sur la longueur, plats à fond d'or et décor photographique d'après une composition originale de Man Ray spécialement conçue pour cet ouvrage, couvertures conservées, étui de papier noir. Illustré de 15 épreuves originales des photographies de mannequins prises par Man Ray lors de l'Exposition internationale du Surréalisme de 1938.Les mannequins des grands magasins avaient été détournés par Man Ray lui-même, Salvador Dali, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Espinosa, Maurice Henry, Marcel Jean, Léo Malet, André Masson, Sonia Mossé, Joan Miró, Wolfgang Paalen, Kurt Seligmann et Yves Tanguy. Ils étaient présentés dans une scénographie surréaliste imaginée par Marcel Duchamp et un éclairage réalisé par Man Ray lui-même. * Ces exquises photographies documentent et mettent en scène la "rue surréaliste", célèbre galerie de mannequins féminins formant une haie le long de panneaux de rues aux noms hautement symboliques (certaines existantes comme la rue des Vieilles Lanternes où se suicida Gérard de Nerval, ou encore rue Vivienne où vécut Lautréamont, côtoient des inventions comme la rue aux Lèvres, la rue de Tous-les-diables, la rue de la Transfusion-de-Sang). Ces habitantes d'un Paris onirique, dénudées, habillées par un pêle-mêle d'objets incongrus, accueillent le visiteur dans une pénombre inquiétante à la Galerie des Beaux-Arts rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Les installations de cette première exposition internationale du surréalisme parisienne, organisée par André Breton et Eluard marquent un événement décisif de l'histoire du mouvement. Pour la première fois, il s'agit moins d'une seule rétrospective d'artistes qu'un ensemble de mises en scène fantasmagoriques, de spectacles vivants et d'uvres éphémères, préfigurant les concepts modernes de "l'installation" et du "happening". Près de 3000 personnes se seraient pressées pour cette exposition parisienne de 1938, qui se visita à la lumière des lampes électriques : "[] on a l'impression de se pencher sur certains murs exhumés, et, le premier, d'en découvrir les signes." (Jean Fraysse, Le Figaro Littéraire, 29 janvier 1938). Depuis la sculpture d'Hausmann, les tableaux de Chirico en passant par les uvres d'Hans Bellmer, le mannequin occupe en effet une place centrale dans le vocabulaire artistique Dada puis surréaliste, et se voit mentionné en 1924 dans leManifeste de Breton. Ces "femmes-objets" alignés dans l'esprit du musée Grévin offraient d'infinies possibilités de travestissement du corps et d'exploration de l'inconscient : "À l'alignement, comme des armures, des femmes, des captures de rêves, attendent sous une lumière indécente. Ces images humaines flottaient dans nos mémoires. L'une d'elles, qui ressemble étrangement à la fiancée des Grandes Espérances, le roman de Dickens, abritée sous un voile en lambeaux et fragile (poser un doigt et il tomberait en poussière) s'entoure du mystère des recluses dans les appartements moisis. Sur sa tête, les ailes ouvertes, un oiseau de nuit guette. Des champignons ont envahi ses jambes. On entend claquer des persiennes." (Jean Fraysse, ibid.). Certains sont demeurés célébrissimes, comme Le bâillon vert à bouche de pensée, le mannequin d'André Masson enfermé dans une".
Published by CPDE (Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricité)., Paris. 1931
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Folio. (384 x 284 mm). [2 bifolia (text) + 10 leaves of plates]. Leaf with title and Bost's text recto and verso and 10 rayographs by Man Ray printed in photogravure, each signed in the plate and mounted to large sheets of card as issued, each within protective glassine bifolium with printed title, justification and achevé d'imp…rimer to interior of card portfolio; sheet size: 380 x 280 mm. Original publisher's printed card portfolio with typographic design in blue and black. Man Ray's 'Electricité', an excellent, unsophisticated copy, with the original compliment slip. From the edition limited to 500 copies each stamp-numbered to the justification (the justification and achevé d'imprimer are printed to the interior of the card portfolio). The compliment slip, a rectangular sheet of card (90 x 120 mm) printed recto only, features the text: 'AVEC LES COMPLIMENTS / DE LA COMPAGNIE PARISIENNE / DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉLECTRICITÉ'. This work was commissioned by a French electric company (La Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité) to promote and publicise the use of electricity. The portfolio consists of 10 photogravures made from Man Ray's original rayograms; each rayogram makes use of some electrical device in the home. The conception is brilliant and the images among the most direct and uncontrived in Man Ray's oeuvre. 'Electricité' is also notable as Man Ray's last intensive investigation of the rayogram process. The plates are titled as follows (all plates bear the caption 'Electricité'): Le Monde; La Ville; La Maison; Salle de Bain; Lingerie; Salle à Manger; Cuisine; Le Souffle; Électricité (two plates). 'The most lasting testament to Miller and Man Ray's work together is undoubtedly the portfolio 'Electricité', which was commissioned by the Compagnie parisienne de distribution d'électricité (CPDE), a private company that launched an advertising campaign (including films, posters, ads, brochures, and a magazine) beginning in 1928 to promote domestic consumption of electricity .The finished portfolio, which combined rayographs, solarizations, and composite photographs . was one of the last significant early twentieth-century works produced in photogravure, a time-consuming process of photomechanical reproduction by which photographs are etched into copper plates and printed in ink.' (Stephanie d'Alessandro and Stephen C. Pinson). 'Man Ray's Electricité (Electricity) is not only one of the most ravishing and sought-after of company photobooks, but it contains a cogent suite of photographs that the leading American Dadaist and commercial photographer himself never bettered. The ideas are generally simple, but formally adroit, even witty - full of visual poetry and delight . Electricity is, of course, invisible, and in much of the portfolio Man Ray seeks to make the invisible visible, creating visual equivalents for electrical power . Solarized images look as if they are pulsating with hidden energy . They [CPDE] ended up with one of the most successful unions between commerce and the artistic avant garde, a monument of modernist book-making and a thoroughly contemporary, unexpected, beautiful and frequently playful vision of the brave new world of electrical energy.' (Parr / Badger). 'Les romans d'anticipation accordent volontiers à l'électricité le rôle de chef accessoiriste sur leurs scènes imaginaires, et la chargent de toutes les besognes; on voit en elle la machine qui réalise les désirs, comme pour se justifier de les avoir d'abord fait naître. 'Presser sur un bouton' est devenu le geste magique des contes modernes et futurs. L'anneau de Gygès est aimanté, la lampe d'Aladin est électrique, comme les astres de Man Ray.' (Bost writing in the 'Texte'). [Parr & Badger II, 183; see d'Alessandro and Pinson's 'Man Ray: When Objects Dream', New York, 2025].
