Portrait d'un poète (Juliet)

Details

MAN RAY
Portrait d'un poète (Juliet)
Gelatin silver print. 1954/1975. Dated and authentication by Beth Gates Warren in pencil on the verso.
23 3/8 x 16¼in. (59.3 x 41.2cm.)

Provenance

Juliet Man Ray's Estate, The Man Ray Trust and The Family of Juliet Man Ray, Sotheby's, London, 22-23 March 1995, lot 267;
to the present owner.

Literature

See: Penrose, Man Ray, p. 101, no. 54; Schwarz, Man Ray: Il rigore dell'imaginazione, p. 275, no. 470.

Lot Essay

Man Ray and Juliet met in 1940, and like Lee Miller and Kiki before her, Juliet became Man Ray's model and muse. Throughout their years together (they married in 1946) Man Ray photographed Juliet countless times, often using experimental techniques.

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