Primarily a painter, Ubac became active in photography from 1933-1945, as a result of reading André Breton's first Surrealist Manifesto and his subsequent direct association with Man Ray. As a result, he developed or expanded on various manipulative printing techniques: brûlage - melting the emulsion or burning the negatives; photocollage; photomontage; solarization; and petrification, a process of off-register coupling of positive transparencies through which his images gained dimension, simulating low relief. Minotaure, the surrealist magazine, frequently featured his imagery accompanied with text by Breton, Péret and Eluard. By 1945, Ubac had abandoned the medium, and instead, turned to painting and relief-carving.

Prints by Ubac are scarce.

This print was made by Ubac in 1937 for a Paris exhibition.