Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray by FORESTA, MERRY and STEPHEN C. FOSTER - 1988

Abbeville Press, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. 11x9x1. A 1/2" tear to rear cover. Examines all aspects of the artist's production and discusses his connections with artists and radicals in pre-World War I New York, in Paris between the wars, and in Hollywood after World War II. Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his pioneering photography, and was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

New York: Abbeville Press, (1989)., (1989).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial gray wraps. There are light vertical creases to the spine. 348 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.
Published in conjunction with the exhibitions organized by Merry Foresta at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Washington D.C. and New York: National Museum of American Art & Abbeville Press, 1988. Third printing. Hardcover. 348 pages. A comprehensive look at the various artworks of Man Ray. Features an introduction by Merry Foresta and essays by Francis Naumann, Billy Kluver and Julie Martin, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Sandra S. Phillips, Stephen C. Foster, Foresta, and Roger Shattuck. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations, selected bibliography, and index. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. First Edition. Quarto. 348pp. illustrated by Man Ray. The enigma of mystery behind artist Man Ray is brought to light in a collection of his illustrated, in articles on Man Ray and an exhibition sponsored by National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute. Selected bibliography. Index. In maroon cloth, in picktorial dust jacket.

Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 348 pages. Over 300 illustrations some in color. A minor crease to the reverse endpaper with some minor scuffing to the dustjacket covers, although now encased in a Mylar sleeve. Cranberry cloth with blindstamped letters to the cover and gilt stamped letters to the spine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 2 December 1988-20 February 1989, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA 17 March-28 May 1989, The Menil Collection, Houston TX 30 June-17 September 1989 and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA 14 October 1989-7 January 1990. Includes biography, selected bibliography, acknowledgments, and index. .

National Museum of American Art, Washington / Abbeville Press, New York, 1988. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 1st printing. Large, very heavy 4to in burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed lettering to front cover, 348pp on thick glossy art paper, plates in colour and b/w, photos in text, index etc __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (top corner tip of front blank fly-leaf clipped)) in a lightly edge-nicked VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket with repaired short closed tear (looks fine in its removable transparent protector). A nice copy. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __To see more of our Photo books type DbbPHOTO in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS