Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934 (Second Edition, inscribed by Man Ray)

[Man Ray] Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Marcel Duchamp writing as Rrose Selavy, Tristan Tzara (contributors)

Published by Random House / James Thrall Soby, New York and Hartford, CT, 1934

About this Item

Softcover. Second Edition. INSCRIBED by Man Ray just above the table of contents: "À Noma / ma mie / mon amie bien aimée / Man Ray" ("To Noma / my girlfriend / my darling friend / Man Ray"). Text in French and English. "Noma" is likely Noma Copley, born Norma Rathner, a jewelry designer and person of note in French surrealist circles. Copley married her husband William (to whom she was introduced by Ray) in 1953, and their estate in Longpont-sur-Orge was a gathering space for avant-garde artists and writers in the interwar period. Noma served as a muse and close friend to Ray for many years. A groundbreaking photography album, considered one of the definitive works on May Ray, featuring over 100 pages of the artist's photographs and "rayographs," alongside essays by his contemporaries. Very Good plus in wrappers with a white comb binding. Moderate discoloration along the binding, with light creasing and rubbing on the wrappers. Housed in a custom quarter-leather pictorial clamshell box.

Seller Inventory # 166323

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934 (Second Edition, inscribed by Man Ray)
• Publisher: Random House / James Thrall Soby, New York and Hartford, CT
• Publication Date: 1934
• Binding: Soft cover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Surrealism
  • Association Copy
  • Art Books
  • Avant-garde