Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as) (1890-1976) - Lot 175

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as) (1890-1976) André Breton, 1935. Vintage silver print. Stamped "Man Ray, Paris Ve - 8, rue du Val de Grace" (Manford M8) and handwritten annotation "Photo Man Ray" in André Breton's hand in ink on verso... Cracks. 17.3 x 13 cm - frame Bibliography : André Breton. La beauté compulsive, cat. expo. Musée d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1991, cover. Photograph from an unfinished film project. "During the summer of 1935 at Lise Deharme's home in the Landes region of France, André Breton, Paul Éluard and their wives attempted to shoot a surrealist film, but Man Ray's small camera jammed. All that remains are some images, 7 of which were published in Cahiers d'Art, n° 5-6, 1935, p. 107, under the title: "Essai de simulation du délire cinématographique, scénario d'André Breton et Paul Éluard, réalisation de Man Ray"" (Centre Pompidou). The negative and a similar print are in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris.